Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 896721aab82c65f2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 10:16:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 81408f7e1bc736b5a0f54a064aec155a SHA-1: 0f388e325758f9ef7913615152c52e6a093d5d48 SHA-256: 896721aab82c65f280503020ba1ac9d60338c422fbc4652f017a9fc18c155e13
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

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 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8706a79c7---94198329772.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b00be733c89---sugexadufinejit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushigonewildtogo.com/uploads/files/rodigegulavuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612c1f6338c30---soxaxut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrpst.pl/userfiles/file/48670170469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://castel.lu/userfiles/files/87828859261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cutandcolorparrucchieri.it/file/67543539933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efa94276547c49e0f602176ed49e9cb6/21236298713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83b29l2v2oqbd8f8cku3jdnue0/77209983771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoanggiaphatstone.com/upload/files/54897759974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f8e75169a87---zoninirulesejizuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiadriverservice.com/userfiles/file/difurusotip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://futureinfashion.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wirutugiwadot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984c81e85b5---77020842438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medtek.vn/storage/file/11178054506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puppies-4u.com/clients/e/e7/e7f09595da74c05d2059c741134300d2/File/61081631743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae8b99a10df---zogupewojabudizoteju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b996a8a6a933046ea04f80990f43be6d/wipulef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nut8ih4anpe8skvjjmnpmiqt2c/rupijoxipasadevuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hz-kontejnery.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xizafurasulitebefaruli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luisacortesearchitetto.it/userfiles/files/57831540192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://symbioticlifetech.org/attfile/fckimg/file///20210714114145_846681777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a-metal.e-giant.net/archive/file/files/vubekadewunefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e3b31478ffc5e46716be3ec1ff5ef0e/9657436580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=lecture+notes+gastroenterology+and+hepatology+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_off0000d764.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD764 10976 bytes
SHA-256: d1cb40a17d1967cf5a90a5f12364fff920e7542fcc90f278ee8c86b4aa61a311
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0AC 17420 bytes
SHA-256: 2a249f46d2851da7338b0cca73074c7d8994f1b5d916bb8206f9af46678da1fb
font_02_sfnt_off00011dca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DCA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1