Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8fd9d167f79cdabf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-08 12:33:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-23
MD5: b26770bee5995805830ff80a6e46f8a3 SHA-1: c16de03c5c36be7c85d59eda63c8c3594fb7b3a0 SHA-256: 8fd9d167f79cdabfa6f881d35ac1b6d4e9070b8f006a242ae07f06062e74efd7
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 0.9950

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
  • 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 http://wellnesszeewolde.nl/site/data/ws/files/mukugididovetokozoku.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bo9bi0r6qqplogvensin4chf6/52877268241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evergladesharvesting.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17291991368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palami.by/images/file/87182083859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geometramaurotozzi.it/userfiles/files/xumeduxuruxalavososilum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okeefesreef.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/posolifotuwaxazuvuwawek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unchiulmihai.ro/files/fckeditor/file/rekanatogejezewenisoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.liveartsaskatchewan.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135e0a2c8749---nagokol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santchavarabed.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82234805923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iberia-ex.com/images/blog/file/87357207762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamekatus.ee/uploads/ckeditor/files/ranemibufulad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santiagoporter.com/js/ckfinder/core/connector/php/files/nolavisujetul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://confidenzacsapagy.hu/upload/2904579576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cm5m39740ela5kp3rdteo1fnd6/57022520474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jaluzipro.ru/public/userfiles/file/50799747945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.focitabor.hu/userfiles/file/1965019915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redactron.com/userfiles/file/50626338320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brawlcall.jordanadams.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27133209030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srilakshmienterprises.net/uploads/42413335151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161304bfa98bca---5783816463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buyyoutubesubscribers.com/ci/userfiles/files/kebunefedup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://i-p-p-c.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9425689609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vnsteeldetailing.com/UserFiles/files/3194203797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.larucheapain.fr/ljk/file/88617068929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=the+little+icu+book+2e+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_off0000d328.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD328 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB3F 10596 bytes
SHA-256: 4f852f5f7fae082b1be8fb575c45e11ea32a81f412ae05f03b5ff8d7f1d3240b
font_02_sfnt_off0001035f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1035F 19716 bytes
SHA-256: defabc54274881a04eabf328b07e78298e7c2d4a8393ad6d11747af3316869fb