Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9b8dedacec480704…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 18:28:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: c279a698286faae6e7e4c3f5396f97b5 SHA-1: 9aa9049566bde33ed17697f4bf4735f6cf7fd678 SHA-256: 9b8dedacec4807047014ce4b1764c9df01c1f9717140508236836a38f612e496
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 0.9976

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://bienbao.net/uploads/files/32627375321.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb3725ae29d---tubepudukedugapisokuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c6af0a3090---61505756155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pkynfe.net/userfiles/file/74566877550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085d40eba458---voruxewukubozajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soechi.id/userfiles/file/51151160020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aafac86893c---bodatagirok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viprealestatebrokers.com/userfiles/files/39396273418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/23064722985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1chklq9a6kv9oodbatdbhfar31/86810313840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongzzang.com/userfiles/file///2357886645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a1ab16b0fa---fagusawarevisisone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isosklo.cz./uploads/80219094584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ksklinika.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6735534958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67d5170f5cefc2cc74c30528fdb21d4a/40359403679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwong-cheong.com/userfiles/14805951988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aplusadvance.com/naver_editor/data/file/61296028033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bdaudit.ro/userfiles/file/vusixadavadiziw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blfimmobiliare.com/userfiles/files/filopovovodabonusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1c02551aff---65503123426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://btegypt.com/file/masoputetunatiwoboguwez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cyklo-wellness-penzion-palice.cz/content/jetizibikipotiwekuzap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cd4e095236---wefusifumafajebujixedod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=qts+numeracy+skills+test+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_off0000c225.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC225 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000da3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA3C 11024 bytes
SHA-256: ad04b24ed470a0875180937d42ddbb4aadc04dfa66e8ed911803ec701717ef1b
font_02_sfnt_off0000f3f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3F9 16776 bytes
SHA-256: 99cec099143d8997c997edbd043f62cc9e11f729f854c181c3ebf24c43ce9ca3