Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 803f05fbba9dac48…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.6 KB Created: 2021-08-01 11:18:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: a19a8e2bce6cbd8b6ce94a91edcf5944 SHA-1: fe88fa5f092a3b9b452c601aa21aeec9dd3929aa SHA-256: 803f05fbba9dac48a0dce6a038fa4c57653dd3a3932db76199dd9e69cd4f2864
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 0.9996

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://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609299dc2ac99---puwatadijenizadewipitase.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f59e4a16852---65485706301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traonguoc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/270ddpqv3fn5m6erh055v9l4e2/degewop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blackshirts1962.com/clients/f/f2/f245580d3072b78cda2271cf7a7e3f61/File/mubofixenujolefij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://golden-candies.ru/webroot/files/files/besodewujewonolemanexepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t9mltu5fdkeumaubcf4v4dk547/zefiresesifag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609de95b00212---67566973565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apsencollege.org/test/fckeditor/file/xomuvivodusireg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160883f57b577b---wimowusofibotebonezuruxep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allmassage.net/upload/file/20210706120141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pilonidalsinus.gen.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080c7575b685---wijifojetanabotideguxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nuqp102jcd6est3bkott2rpbrl/tiziwaxegijemexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160946a87a9620---rebiwixeperafali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qnzar.com/files/16676728854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glenbrooksouth1970.com/clients/1/17/17fc1bd13d5538a69f39d58c869d2fc5/File/23900264517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturallabs.fr/userfiles/file/97404586719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b428e70a304---80989108274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gitedu.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vubumewebadofepot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gintaras.cz/userfiles/file/lubexujoruduzifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polkovnik.su/upload/file/95178457107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82f032754df34e6783291b666681690c/tajumigivevuzokubajaloko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cf023cc9c26fefe1c9eb2ddf23b67ed/13224589852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=upsc+blank+answer+sheet+format+pdf+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_off0000c359.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC359 11120 bytes
SHA-256: c811674a84322f9428fe2f6fb1938ed6f1d566fc3283d774710cb1dc61d51cc0
font_01_sfnt_off0000dcff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCFF 16644 bytes
SHA-256: 63cc3ac2d4ae9e9999b52a44ef0c89713c0ad8383b212e06769cc5a1b18428c1
font_02_sfnt_off0001085c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1085C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1