Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4f8790f7e62fb6c8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-08-05 16:23:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: f5a3ec4e02f73b9fc277fcbf6499c55f SHA-1: 53cedde3eaafef89926cd9b7ff499380535cbedd SHA-256: 4f8790f7e62fb6c8a5bcb54b5098d568de0048124526dbbb8d16bad9827978d1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096064a6eb84---nofigun.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acf51ccf523---kawovafubimimizawimosajox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aquinasnb68.com/clients/9/9b/9b9a52ed12f3b440fa02b6ce64642487/File/82517841345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f135ec3fcc6084c2e6e2bf96c62c039/zumigog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98611b0aedd71b72271b84c6acfd8575/fonajamavetava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607149372fab4---samotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://radmangroup-ye.com/rgfiles/file/82042138037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccc3443bf608409696f4f3023122c5fe/sitizewuvirokutujovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086c4129b78a---mopikedesixapodixobuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://filtrydokoparek.pl/img/all/xajamexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reicar.dk/userfiles/file/xaguneto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holocaustresearch.pl/nowy/photo/file/71946514813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e903e88e3f70448b2dfc96afdb343af/vebitapew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peritaonline.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pilumolavum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0a074b43a1---97699431101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purmoradiatoriai.lt/images/files/709397678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160773c61eb52a---97533306872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d3fd7071e4---93736336357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isabellepieman.com/userfiles/file/10224192446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beliangka.com/contents//files/71137853729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anglometais.com.br/adm/Editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2073537721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c04911ce842---nozujekevalul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrilaui.com/userfiles/file/91635747730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logo4you.dk/userfiles/file/60891117905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=passport+application+form+pdf+fillablePDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dfb0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFB0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7C2 17468 bytes
SHA-256: 0da36fef8f542b22d94098018588abf3343c3d1058eee1f07074ae8ae2203b2d
font_02_sfnt_off0001259e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1259E 10924 bytes
SHA-256: 415ee53926bcb6c0b216f2fa3ca09570d44c0de68eb36f0087aa02602dc82510