Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a0db5e15fcbed75…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-08-13 08:42:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: bc83258ddb4d2ef67484d8fbedaa0c07 SHA-1: 015900680de3df55aab3720bbbe047503857972c SHA-256: 9a0db5e15fcbed75eb18ab3a2ed098906890853c9648b0ca550cbe9102963368
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 0.9973

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://aldara-latinoamerica.com/userfiles/file/84987483919.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609da996332c7---bexep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zywawiara.pl/pliki/55323101381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efb2c63bf837039e6caf94f4fabb2428/89190524752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seidels-mineralienwelt.de/images/uploaded/file/sonasukodosefusenora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kayamedbursa.com/userfiles/file/24129243939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.engltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b36118ff437704fc447d82c8c93f8d3f/tegedalozejoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50fb50077f3b39f1c7fc6c072c6c68fa/tazisiwujakeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moraure.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67753171084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079222053e3f---49014920876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ptlittleflower.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q22ir0almvembtsbrlkafhhn4b/mopatuvonam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allg-gyn.ch/userfiles/file/39377540255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skvely-kup.cz/files/file/sowapoxetubuluzaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lapalettedesarts.fr/gestion/file/45989477822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abandassociates.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58688645273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aljuboori.com/userfiles/files/21424831503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://salvamontbihor.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/44827993259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a804e9cb1fa---26698394336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bvted10v8pi2j16f1gj7nco8dg/xawupotavobusidazivinug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icmasistemas.com/userfiles/files/nitogezaxudowojifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hvpeds.com/upload/contents/file/gojuzapeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elstar.ru/uploads/files/zowejoguredoxeligimudad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095455b148df---bijagobuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clickkedai.com/userfiles/file/zolofojusuwijivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=bad+piggies+pc+game+full+version+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000fa8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA8A 11172 bytes
SHA-256: e2fad4508895236a1ffab0092f618de3d903f73f1e93e90d3bdc2e7bb55e8e73
font_01_sfnt_off0001147b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1147B 17048 bytes
SHA-256: dfb63132ac421b11839f5242ca275e36ea81cabc16984852818d00a1c0d7aa57
font_02_sfnt_off000140fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x140FE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1