Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8a353efc2d664a09…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-08-29 12:58:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 9010ac5e745c7bea6898a0d8af0be0b0 SHA-1: ade33822e5497d2a16e7d99178026312de9c9cf6 SHA-256: 8a353efc2d664a099aea72c84e4c865e580c22491429789f007704a712a2f076
172 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. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, presents a deceptive download button and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=texas+cdl+combination+test+answers PDF link annotation
    • https://aimhc.com/userfiles/file/zimojesemij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160889cbf9e66e---sifimalavotut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a56590dd016---45020125972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c8932bfb847af307460ddd04bbf1e78/vurefutubut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc-0898.com/userfiles/file/20210715203741_g9i36i.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078b150db339---24591433529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fratellifurloni.it/file/ritonadekiwelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rubivina.com/Images_upload/files/19325795045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verduciautodemolizioni.it/userfiles/file/76102277772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a478b5b50b9fdf4cca02ad8d9580976d/betixowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd5145dcb89---lakedevakatujalixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-hold.com/UploadFile/file/20210515044414753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df6360d1ee7---gilavalarisonox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modamoda.nl/uploads/pic_lib/file/60492826467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--tnqz8hz5cb8l.com/upload/files/83669512487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.assignproject.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e9f6491ba8---gevin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vintageguitar.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28937801751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stowarzyszeniemalyksiaze.eu/img/upload/files/duboj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjinline.org/file_upload/file/43325926714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160716e8601e91---51396033387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apluskleaning.com/admin/images/file/netezonepikewixuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ae2d4a257ff74ad6687adbeb88757b4/32397564703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robwalker.net/fckupload/file/92626480242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.motorradfreunde-toggenburg.ch/up/files/tunofekumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7fd157f310---90954180023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bbc1f36424---20353575111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000dc45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC45 17740 bytes
SHA-256: 48500c45eda1fed8a7ad759793418ae9e3769134c75635276f3b5220239d243c
font_01_sfnt_off00010a3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A3E 10824 bytes
SHA-256: a75f26aa6ff8bc14d2a97f4a6847edcf9dd72e16cf62dbd7d50258a546dc7f5d
font_02_sfnt_off00012344.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12344 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1