Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8146d3390cf3ac4a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 10:53:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 5224611fb816d5d966bec404543b99b6 SHA-1: c11d721f917a0b48dae63ec1e83365214485d067 SHA-256: 8146d3390cf3ac4a3153c89d1695967130ae6876b52f2470a39ef5fdfdd4637b
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 0.9951

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 https://shian-jin.com/UserFiles/files/wapuwuzixurimipamenotomur.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fa329c3c0e9---kumiluxorezebubomerep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c49a9e42afe---vikelibawojisapulepoveme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c8e456b8ac---98354895955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a37151ef81f---dujakox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trungtamgiasuhcmmq.com/uplaod/quangtri/files/70894457291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cahayamimpi1.com/contents//files/gevaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d87f64ca54---39256051979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l077arahvfrgfdl33p6113jbt8/rivoxiwuziki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiberglasssupplydepot.com/userfiles/file/68075508191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57f660f2748f7a4be390f39bab0f18a5/tozopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alrashed-alsaleh.com/userfiles/files/wefimixodufiwok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brixtontaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/11168877190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ccps.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/441dbced1bd6792e59802e7b0a3a9bae/7931019692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluebeakbranding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c56a5b43689f99072f11d4b01f975c5a/99873254318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dalnoboy.com/data/filestorage/upload/files/sisuwufenimib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allcreaturesinc.com/files/files/44956072312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcomproltd.com/userfiles/file/gevepexowenewupebafesuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://incoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/vebiganadin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azizavacanze.com/userfiles/files/95023429881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160900ecb294e2---sizakojix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schokobrunnen.com/idata/zabokosedowepurug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5ad9917cec---kekafofubawepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pnlcoach.com/misc2/file/In PDF document text
    • https://frontiersneurophotonics.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160b4d77f362a8---26091712770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=upper+body+workout+program+pdfPDF 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_off0000dd39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD39 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f54b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF54B 18052 bytes
SHA-256: 8ab97a7ae4a68a628eb78875d35d808823ffcac1f6815f9963fff51dca5af8d5
font_02_sfnt_off000124bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124BC 10972 bytes
SHA-256: 02cc1085ab52457ab5752dca6a58b5d98a6caad0722b74b7ec62f5b6b8ac671e