Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8afb2fab3f04feec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.2 KB Created: 2021-08-10 21:10:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 2b8e04d79736ace501f3c5201551638d SHA-1: 9091ce909d563aebb68f0649cf2901ba34c325b1 SHA-256: 8afb2fab3f04feec03db673095d8c1c91ec392204b7dfe51e8af45361d8be8c7
164 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 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 0.9990

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.
  • 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://cuatudongbinhduong.net/uploads/files/90714073980.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c887e307a6---92379656643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://big-affaires.com/img/pics/files/dikedavibajejugukazurufon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7qib346cf8kec80og6sj27nofb/pasupijil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bayernglobal.de/userVZ//file/49303514231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfef3a0deff---20208522046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panyuchen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/xebenegudipegogipetadore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cfi-registration.org/buzzboxgift/img/userfiles/files/54879585885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://designerhouse.ru/upload/files/62612884906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avistravel.ro/userfiles/file/40699702527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e50526d960c876dafb16d9bd3cf285a4/sizav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actor-conseil.com/files/file/38662046305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8bef1d9916077b62b41a7e955a0f067/46070574303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5qb0fc9or54npnlrsm8l1n034/miseneparivewak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d4e1435fbb---9198354382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090d3a464ecb---69084396434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kutscher-customs.de/gfx/userfiles/files/29416600765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://handinks.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/wufipiwener.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc8126bfd4c---xosapakunugejukotiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=free+bartender+resume+templatesPDF 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_off0001035d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1035D 10556 bytes
SHA-256: ca80aed4486b06628d5e5d5cbd135f4487c0922c4978376da3a29a217cebddb2
font_01_sfnt_off00011b35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B35 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013347.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13347 17976 bytes
SHA-256: 3aa79936fb6ef6882d74245bf45d5faf3a8b005ece040d44aa9c837fbf607ec3