Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 822f9f5567b9782c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-07-01 18:27:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: e1b9d387baf237212f9c38ea982bc7d7 SHA-1: dc931dfaff2f5820e1f507845835a294e4ab59fb SHA-256: 822f9f5567b9782c5d2e9bf8eefd7206e2cbc7ffbbcaff29328d4d165fdc393f
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 0.9952

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://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/jejivazirubinafodijufik.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://stphilomenaonline.org/userfiles/file/49649762993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb5a9a8d70d---taxebuwebugatipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spreewaldatelier.de/img/editor/file/ketinoluvipiwatan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b17ad345f8---97586309407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoroman-service.ro/imagini_ws/31329837378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41672d890ea55690fb94f530df551ac4/35934533686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gz-theoutfit.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210627150132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad9be045833a8c6ef1d29c4e8671bd26/rijelaramad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahxxzx.com/userfiles/202106/file/50228979918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/153535e8d9ed5a785d264eef0fe6069c/84495507575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonweringnederland.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vaguben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alignerco.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25fa9937eccaa2bc957ed8a0f96b40e1/65286641696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reachcast.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03c37d3c2125e9961ce731cb601cdb7e/rojuzefezugutosufap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marinapogon.pl/upload/file/51590487017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zbraneklapka.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/javovisoxuwibumilopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.movingwithmagna.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbd97e361b8d0df4cc468cf4cdbae10d/85970033260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://argumentua.com/i/file/36950515052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9d1b76c171---wafajapagidozesezanaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084e60e97a78---26571545844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cee163ea6f---mokus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylowa-pss.pl/userfiles/file/jebojabejamilodofazakokit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098c50a451ba---belomimivotasivutuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=hs+2nd+year+political+science+book+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_off0000f45d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF45D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010c6f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C6F 16840 bytes
SHA-256: bb2ea973657d67caa22181330c64d619e05a86f656ce56acd798ec6b18cc9ccc
font_02_sfnt_off0001383e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1383E 11072 bytes
SHA-256: a0c4389f0a2f3a9b2de2e757d893c7e31056eb68c44714bd717c7cb45a38cb6d