Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 728a8a64b496b8f8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.7 KB Created: 2021-06-29 10:59:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: c439ac9e14464bfb520b790fe2da5660 SHA-1: 311effecbc3d9e6d9d2cb304db1b49a4159d7d82 SHA-256: 728a8a64b496b8f80db40dda94a77125568069c4fb14fff5f1b789ac01ab310c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links to compromised websites and a visual download button, indicating an attempt to trick the user into downloading further malicious content. The presence of multiple links to compromised CMS upload storage suggests a distribution mechanism for malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 http://andrelandberg.com/userfiles/file/52784896547.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bjsprt.com/uploadfile/file///2021061908012693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e9572d8fe7---gijugubavusud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079c23d0aedc---tozisenazubokodokaxilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h5deepqou5ti8oiher9lhe0n5h/gowuxoweroje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7cdd5996e1---23635851703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kh7s8a9nb2fcmkv0i8siqas8t4/mizobalawiweki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca5f79b546e---3382384239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a89b269042d---79421111674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fa087c13d4---gulofubakodokiguxamufunur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44b190e06c4ebf2189208bdd002e3f85/24049723663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mt-filtration.com/uploaded/file/145007952460c44cd530e32.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandchainfamilyfoundation.org/clients/85333/File/24850224165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080d6fe90fc9---namanesonerowimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baovephuongtroi.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/gofagaziro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accomplishtheimpossible.com/userfiles_ati/file/56723531881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flomojapan.com/upload/files/98396769246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://web68s.com/upload/files/ditupawuzaxolapazomenowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc7a0127a60---43593397026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098a404d9bda---detafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/im1ieo41hrs4sv4pkj09ammag7/83657477830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asustainable.com/global/file/13933675319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariagoitese.it/userfiles/files/nadinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18f048910f1d83c6c45d569762aa12fb/24994745113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uqb5bv98tj212o0fr0l2vpe2vv/fugagad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=download+mathtype+with+crackPDF 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_off0000fa49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA49 10904 bytes
SHA-256: 7d7ee156c92ff49867232d04ee35b6885b5b805b78888cc749369161c07db918
font_01_sfnt_off00011352.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11352 31368 bytes
SHA-256: 072447858bf06357c99855055e99e439045e1ffc20c9626303aeb0d9b6277f0d
font_02_sfnt_off00014fbe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14FBE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1