Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8885fb78e247fcae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-08-11 00:42:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: c946bdcc6ee7a02e448958fa02055c16 SHA-1: c8edfe7920ff7b8afabef4bb848ecb135ad82b4c SHA-256: 8885fb78e247fcaed53e500b36372a3abf84e5733dc056b83d264598578a309f
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 0.9994

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://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acbac3da9bc---62002501263.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44d8e062888529a3f54af445178bcf3d/56957971039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unnatiwelfareorganization.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/balusogovuvazad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://appchecar.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jesodozolarodiwiresune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topp.pl/_topp/file/fomezosetar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rm-parketi.si/uploads/molafutugow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/ririvavewugulozumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinasoftcore.com/userfiles/file///50346979504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pecsikult.hu/files/file/95922062942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoulgreeter.com/userData/board/file/ruvofija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee7ba7c6c3f---pidubomojokibova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rauvuonsach.com/images/uploads/files/mujeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelbelleepoque.bg/userfiles/file/74060489425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mysmilestudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0995049182121d56be95b45c7c0e8c6/jiseruraragubefasek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160876eb61d108---12416607489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandarinusa.com/userfiles/file/1627917863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c52d5aabe454b8d78020c8467e3ebee/71270224687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://messtores.ca/fck_user_files/file/kutave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eske.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dab197a7e6---2498889078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3eeb7cf303---51980247499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094e70e5fb00---25552987736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaeram.com/userData/board/file/80329434184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=slendytubbies+2+download+apkPDF 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_off0000efd7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFD7 17112 bytes
SHA-256: f616a2a612ca643957c81cdf963a14dfa01166f644bc214fa9cdd330717647a9
font_01_sfnt_off00011ce1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CE1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000134f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134F8 11012 bytes
SHA-256: cde744d5698edc1eadf12d5a6839c762f84b55011b69b843f8a0dc0dbdc19666