Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 82f6ec7c24312803…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-07-30 14:22:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 2c99b1b86f2a037e37d40c25e77d6504 SHA-1: 23eb75b77f1dcce9e6e053897406198bc6da2fe7 SHA-256: 82f6ec7c2431280398ed8d5c6db5b23dd8551bffeefefe9b11ccd1e57131bb9d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, some of which appear to be compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. The presence of a 'download button' lure suggests an attempt to trick the user into downloading a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://cokhiminhhien.com/media/ftp/file/99785491341.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086ab044439c---5166993409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waukeganeast1980.com/clients/877304/File/8396788196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amerismithenterprises.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6761786c6144922c04ef83dd47435b42/57155965639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59cjmtqmhtfg0vhhakgrp0oq2c/gixigasemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f4cdf43cbd6---42639033141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meble-tk.pl/userfiles/file/jasumedimire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b2553afd26---jugiluril.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lescourailleurs.com/upload/editor/file/jupitapuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b803c2e366034cca5811cb2e5e67738/33440460942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingatlantv.tv/userfiles/files/3931822698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photographybynami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098ba346cc85---vuxewosej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c39a200869---wasepota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexanderjamesbackcatalogue.com/userfiles/file/86964872747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fatheragneliti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc13873789e---zuneluvefanalimobis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creaorganization.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/riketefuwej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peaceinsrilanka.lk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fixiguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auchli-appenzeller.ch/userfiles/files/noxutarupunosaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qaoa3bvogofqk5apfjdblsq8v6/80952947368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://op-gold.com/ck_image//files/38613712663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vijyaiprismcrm.com/userfiles/files/rujofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abugfreemind.com/userfiles/file/jukuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ristorantebiscione.com/userfiles/files/fezepalutapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a075de1165f---fufipajutogezute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2553a1c123---wuvusekifuwebadafota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=rockabye+mp3+download+ringtonePDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dba4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBA4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3B1 1732 bytes
SHA-256: 5b3c947262022625ef2d4cfb2d0fa10a94f23c97611fd4c7364bfcc62a76ce6a
font_02_sfnt_off0000fbe1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBE1 17044 bytes
SHA-256: 2ec7eb82e816c8921818ce8f08874c3dbce4c9b33c6c58baf6285894be617b29
font_03_sfnt_off000128b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128B5 11336 bytes
SHA-256: 701db67489ceab0d896300d8c71761993be0066ab4cdb1cc82f648ea4409cf9e