Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7bffccaf0909feb0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.9 KB Created: 2021-08-20 02:43:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 2861f8d69bcdf96bf3422762c02cf949 SHA-1: 4c161801bb94b55bc14f8aec59ed5e1d55786cd8 SHA-256: 7bffccaf0909feb0242ab001d5c313f56ceba763dfa7324beeecc5f67997bb1f
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 0.9972

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://richmediahouse.com/admin/uploads/file/39287386036.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://adams-gold.ru/archive/image/file/fodadimakunadero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logansport1971.com/clients/4/42/424235dfd0fdcd2d3cc2afd1e16bb83e/File/lupujakewesaruvagudog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uzmanwebci.com/calisma2/files/uploads/69859350416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hobbes-group.com/upload/files/josuxufalulorujutuvas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valleypainclinic.org/userfiles/file/tukupaviketoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/29367997813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a694335e0b1---guxovadufawegojapube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8sc3iisbb7min0548m9u8najer/66338439159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tencanpowder.com/d/files/87990253554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tungafilm.com/dorceiys/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xujijadosepanuraroto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/agoi8esd9afq92pd21lfkhlm8j/88755801920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davaocarrental.com/images/file/74823769640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8cd5592e61---21271789431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indyskischool.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bujag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caopump.com/admin/userfiles/file/3392685217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01a3aac5b7538de46c9615e07f3732ad/wimoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ii0214shv297qci9iuhjoicp7u/puxagatevulutuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlanthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6d3c04b974cc4daa44ecc54abbc22f3/ropib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160721db26fa9d---junuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbezcba9a5aggb3j.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bujezapuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaijzh9b.xn--90ae/documents/file/sasokixufudaditake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ozmutludokum.com/userfiles/file/96817833085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16107df36e5b59---ridorurirefofevazode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://termosystem.pl/userfiles/file/64639757985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=mind+over+mood+pdf+ebook+freePDF 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_off0000fa77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA77 17624 bytes
SHA-256: e8f575e171066fd2abeebf9aae76e5b9e2ceb27e55e2cb1cce228c94c71ee34d
font_01_sfnt_off000128ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128FF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014116.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14116 10476 bytes
SHA-256: 170473404244b26c7a31080567d905aa8e4a6bc2d255917d33b1c23769aa02be