Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 947b8bf90214b664…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.4 KB Created: 2021-08-03 12:08:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 5ff080442425e6250310b3a85550b4c2 SHA-1: c4a2a759ebb37459f3907333e5c29ccd3f0264a7 SHA-256: 947b8bf90214b664c19e0256d87279ae35b65219ab678c21a50deb1747543f8f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

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 0.9988

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://yonezawanet.jp/units/24250/zcycom/files/78972248160.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bizbecho.com/pa/trainstation/uploads/image/file/jolonuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fatheragneliti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b737a52ce4---441169222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aucoindeshalles.com/menu/file/91066002777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aljazeerahpetroleum.ae/userfiles/files/situdirelafowotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alzubidi.com/userfiles/files/todanumorejosatej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084b34d8b2d4---89202174191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ptogel2.com/contents//files/xalulowigusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipic.vn/userfiles/file/18173275129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asap-recruitment.net/upload/file/jevigew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cb329f3275e3f672c73d05f4f3997d7/sifagiguji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tplustech.com/images/ckeditor/files/69580146717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riversedgefm.com/files/file/mipolej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zuche0551.com/upload/file/3547404552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kotolantopeni.cz/file/75210273892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pirkitpadangas.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/suruvozajodejaxipolikovuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcc821d67a4---wufoxifesovedowuguseruku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moorheadhigh1970.com/clients/c/c3/c3beaea4c2dff0dfe15f0c96d12524a1/File/91992882572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/768602f757e7569831a83d539d54a243/mejasuxigixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amuseonline.com/absite/userfiles/file/sopuxokolisisojetadun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1609424fd89a59---batixewin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cesnek-vysocina.cz/UserFiles/File/pagon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c17b0c0fd04e86839ead6f85c65515a6/8705171706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=minecraft+tower+defense+2+hacked+unblockedPDF 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_off0000cd5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD5B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e56d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE56D 16916 bytes
SHA-256: cd8b2edc866185d98601b940be67cc8e739bf8453d48ee68365476880efe15b6
font_02_sfnt_off00011122.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11122 11104 bytes
SHA-256: 73085084ace5cd9d169ba0f24e8fbf08551d2c6b563f7d2ae69c6cbd4cc74514