Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8a3abb6dbc868819…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-08-24 18:03:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: dfed9cdb2bd8ec8098282e0fac931a17 SHA-1: ebb020be08260045be1971372ce0112ccecdc385 SHA-256: 8a3abb6dbc868819f0c89c7784bb4e899f70ee7285a9d0880a575e71f89ae008
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses an urgency-based lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hemorrhoidectomy+after+care PDF link annotation
    • http://appli-veolia.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13957887451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fghol7f94fvmjtqbk9h3hshk6/jorejejipudulizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab4bec739d8---bodetuziwujazuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helmmsp.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07b338083478f44da294335b92dcf7c8/litonobevezajagizupejale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gloriamus.org/Uploads/userfiles/files/7340386014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086153299bdc---xomiwomojutijogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alimentosldm.com/userfiles/file/jojulemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menu2uplus.com/images/file/8503718047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delaneyllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lobarukexajivinat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad682c71c8c---67495934533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldenbaycruisesagent.com/userfiles/file/negigexidedezumakuxadutam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://27derajat.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/22476834758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161218ab1a8a4f---pobumaruwaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ufdkoq8gh5u6hl0qtu7b2b3pu2/3905654596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hytechplus.com/userfiles/file/kuruvorox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075346b7a854---pevapudijodiwojobefipaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d84328ec2a68fb39c20fc6db3aceb523/98702121394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipublicity.cz/data/file/98567426361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haustechnik-hagenauer.at/dipenufavuxevimipotem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d923f54dd1b---8877573683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e1aazeoc7d.xn--p1ai/images/shared/file/58563467963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084753e470ae---lukikerozadomi.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_off0000efea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFEA 10528 bytes
SHA-256: b3a726d4af51b71cc587a1287ec43c0835427edaeebb9b9ef5d8bef1da5ca1c2
font_01_sfnt_off000107d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107D9 16868 bytes
SHA-256: bb3eba50249b2f7ba9f28478c9d3d7aac0a96b20a3160a10ea7c8e2adfc83e9a
font_02_sfnt_off00013317.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13317 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1