Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8a0925cc44b769f1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 07:56:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: a06d839fd8321af53d8f60044091158b SHA-1: ab65248600a6878d785e718e74a5f5e14a1ebf68 SHA-256: 8a0925cc44b769f1f0cc4751d2c1b315f67dfce67953d06cbafac21d54a545a4
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a fake browser/software-install lure. 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 0.9978

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Browser extension / update installation lure high SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE
    Document tells the user to install a browser extension, plugin, viewer, or browser update to view content — a common social-engineering path for credential theft and malware installation
  • 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://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077f97ba3be4---30283742181.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160967cc6243c2---lelasafuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eske.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eae4159d0f---52493276512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072779555bad---ferenezodumosoxojigomeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vbclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2b161c19d78d1caa9ff202fb7ae9c9f/gipexuwawarozegawaleda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parvazyab.net/basefile/api203/files/gogaropiruwaxofiwazita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sys-svinding.dk/userfiles/file/30843652808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ezastupitelstvo.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/89176453024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08da1e7a60576c7c350e460b941d19b3/toxobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080640e60cdb---dikimelemusazujomib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ec739e8305---jakasukejev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160919b9612324---66468718003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ceb19e88c3---6666735348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yogaschoolofkerala.com/photos/editor/files/padoruzagitedaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eseninternational.com/uploads/files/89324809717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjar-tech.com/uploadfile/file///2021052503253162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ncabhsa.com/clients/875427/File/ruzobup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smartcrm.cloud/upload/files/85813004889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nnt52.ru/userfiles/file/xurenidakatifazatuzowidig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f902c8f35b5---dekare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konferencii.org/web/uploads/assets/file/7203378406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dj-venci.com/uploads/pages/files/sosoruwipazaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leo-translate.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bd0ac55553---18775599387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=firefox+open+pdf+in+browser+not+downloadPDF 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_off0000cfee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFEE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e800.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE800 17964 bytes
SHA-256: 617529620c99461e21cca8155569a86a878ef0fe6ac62a7b15f50be3d835c6f9
font_02_sfnt_off0001167c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1167C 10796 bytes
SHA-256: 1c22fd450b9ab3d08d3a46d71e58f87372a1f7ffb3b320f3e9d4d002269b1069