Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 862f92eca3dc8b3d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

132.1 KB Created: 2021-06-20 13:52:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: e174a767a511889606d0b971b795700a SHA-1: 8c822afdb57d0fa16f7ed2a78975a4a3c97b96b7 SHA-256: 862f92eca3dc8b3df87727713e45c78a1cf16931e986c3dd2a321fdc790b24ad
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 0.9993

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://gloexdr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ff4c47e093e56eef2b48dc93bd6d150/zeweze.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://soba05.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c1a75f82c9a484a88883b42c9f2e2f6/kamibetezimawelekusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sahyadrisevasanstha.in/userfiles/file/80428364126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allamericannursing.com/userfiles/file/87162721021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/404de41358fdc401b73978a629b8f67d/sifumibunuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jetzterstrecht.hamburg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q4s8fpu165d68hh80lgseeh0f1/15227321711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b54b1459685---nakuzenebinegufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canxetaianhduc.com/images/file/xujefuwugemipifonuwaduzes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caratow.eu/userfiles/file/61465216508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6091a67b78d1a670c9219e900f7dc7d4/xejomifimevaxeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7665346fa---22640125415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160964f96a62dd---gizalatomeriletubiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f7237a56ef---sexesewerujakez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085682a2a79e---mulowarodem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nemdanangpho.com/uploads/2021-06-16/images/files/71223432659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079ce3443306---badet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f12d396edf---76517114343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/364116dba92cf0c79d3dab058bb00847/sataxiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vo23.ru/upload/file/37291740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://fedorahosted.org/lohitIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=rapid+english+speaking+course+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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text
    • http://www.geocities.com/mitra_anirban/hobbies.htmGNUIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.htmRegularIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00016a40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16A40 5488 bytes
SHA-256: b9cd81635375070fc01ff4b642e3601e1f206b0635ae9f52660f0df9435f6d77
font_01_sfnt_off00017ce8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17CE8 3720 bytes
SHA-256: d5ecec3e822993868ba70e247019bcdb656a9fee58d620eb93bc70658e929280
font_02_sfnt_off0001884b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1884B 10928 bytes
SHA-256: c82d2cd9e16a6f3f979c898aa1c1e1919827d5c778b359d8d2ea361b97c947b0
font_03_sfnt_off0001adbe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1ADBE 16164 bytes
SHA-256: ead7fd593d7f5feef6f283420e9b55f8fa4552f107c64b0063d474dd3355abd8
font_04_sfnt_off0001c314.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1C314 22888 bytes
SHA-256: b7de328a4892ebe4a458b5f9e520ae7d03095df71c71e835671d00f7ce69dd82