Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 69c25e12f4330541…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.6 KB Created: 2021-07-01 11:16:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 23fa0d24d6ea7095a90b4eb4b78f4b10 SHA-1: 481d07204ab8428dcac8db5813bc198dc8aa0b6b SHA-256: 69c25e12f4330541f747c4f802ae9ca147beb84249c5678c5431abc579ab28e2
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a fake browser/software-install lure. 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 0.9961

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Browser extension / update installation lure high SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE
    Document tells the user to install a browser extension, plugin, viewer, or browser update to view content — a common social-engineering path for credential theft and malware installation
  • 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 http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2b78dab79d---mixodavenoninepugefazupir.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://forex-robo.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ae05dbd079aa77c6ca897f87be949c4/84820565302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b123697e16---rojoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hkbca.org/UploadFiles/file/20210620062419144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8188dd26418afcb7a233859731317bd/29418567185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehomeforeclosure.org/images/file/relotamuvuselagexelobur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scilights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb9b425196fb307c7bdbe2131a50136c/40468792072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://funkyspa.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72084721094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandnewgoods.net/userfiles/file/vavuvubupuwusorepaxejig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majubesar.info/contents//files/60205020633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blesk-stroy.ru/userfiles/files/32022351250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c7f86ccf6bf7ff3cf74ae6f2311cc7b/19987882067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoulsquare.com/userfiles/file/67675353089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g9k8kfdadt71eh27sj07ioped0/butazusaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbaqfskngn1qi.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/dizidipizekurozividun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joewhitefamilysite.com/clients/59967/File/45669677686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eotp.info/sites/default/files/fck/file/zasexomajozonuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehomeforeclosure.org/images/file/xukukuwuzenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071f41b8f788---sivomuwejovez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b90f1acf0eb---68553424317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsp-oblspl.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87442451964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mattstergamer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jrkkvljninipoo4rbfghp2okdu/pasazoxaxazujibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=my+fair+lady+full+movie+with+english+subtitles+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000fc63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC63 11300 bytes
SHA-256: ff88aa0405a82bb8bf5f8190d71f04436deaa05908ade18f9d6b6b749b9453d7
font_01_sfnt_off00011698.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11698 17480 bytes
SHA-256: 1a5eec0088c2d4ec960629a9e5a2f7a519c7bf913b20e28f4c0e0d2b58117687
font_02_sfnt_off0001446f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1446F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1