Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6d8427bcedbf8f3b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-07-28 06:01:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: d85dc850b262e3ddf1e6ed5e922e9336 SHA-1: 05c6fffa6dd318724ae78fc1fcd2e44dbe8ba19c SHA-256: 6d8427bcedbf8f3bd0d071bbaf51cad95d60db66c440a7d3b2b4965f34792efe
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 0.9987

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160accded8c4a3---dirurepomozifafuv.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8033dfb739123341b1e0550090786dff/robusokagabokubefuxeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soba05.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abe40660c3b8920929a909fc0a3bad1c/77054960871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd31e0d8930---binerufinokejobafoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architects-desk.com/uploadsfile/kutaliditowoxemepevis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aradovan.com/userfiles/file/50674039056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dianacb.cz/userfiles/file/75083317495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e8eda38ce42160992e79c2e2994ae6a/50536520254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bocghebinhduong.com/media/ftp/file/86533705576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tryinvest.eu/userfiles/files/29436859294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petra-dario.info/upload/datoteke/kutebawakopepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baoyi-chuck.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/watobinusuvel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210507122338164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mispuntossaga.com/campannas/file/jegefiregaranafugukabonez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhvi.com/upload/files/jizorotakagovomiwemikipob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interesttour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/236165c20ce533ed682beff3de7ca14c/momigenolezedoduf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-green.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jijanizilovapatew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geodavidepini.it/userfiles/files/15977039278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a76ba34f5ee---govokekubifareme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9b6625be76---gaget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ce014be6a0b06c408f7646d7120bb34/39918904265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ulclhei2arf7gg5hh9nq2nf5bs/lovovakodoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38a3888c7c26949621c434b7f4f7b173/kaxenerozefeluniwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=forza+horizon+2+download+pc+demoPDF 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_off0000eff1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFF1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010808.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10808 10756 bytes
SHA-256: 01ca6efe2249b6d24afa867b1430a71c4d829c224dc7169c854d83a68cc3d7f8
font_02_sfnt_off000120a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120A0 17388 bytes
SHA-256: 19eafc16493f8826ef32cdeebbd417a818f1afb12d9c40e69f1ee7dee27089f0