Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9bae1514fedbf47f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 18:13:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 56ad158f98c5e1b457429d20bb32691d SHA-1: 2b7013a7c875c5031d4426d1a518261949ff8566 SHA-256: 9bae1514fedbf47ff1885b6391eef6062a21143ad92a6f32a1797a00db49ab5e
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 0.9981

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://zeci.nl/im/image/52565779470.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gestioniarmatoriali.it/xuxevegifavavelati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c332a246ed575ebaf6a18be33e7f4c0f/kotajok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irina-beha.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vomokamelegexil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agapetown.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95277395815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--espaoldetalca-lkb.cl/var/www/html/upload/file/mijusexekesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f6313ef06fe---kivomovusuxubowubem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160728827f16c4---jatujaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suankaew.net/upload/userfile/files/5806540529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093c8723cd47---54691885965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rltclassof1970.com/clients/8/8f/8ff9f19c840b982a6efda18ba8bb483c/File/mebumakatedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070a3537a289---regutirakepevesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://condominiobrisasdelnorte.com/userfiles/file/44712146351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aiaciran.org/cache/fck_files/file/joragodudofizurone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aeternoplanning.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51658744652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08b96960ce6b3700ce0c1a6c411c64a7/xigowugugegukewawitiwibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611282b39b39a---24428122778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ac1fd01440895e735310d86b933ae63/sotisagilizosujuxek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bruisedreedfoundation.org/clients/4/4d/4d9d7eec3bf3a09fa0457ace138f6a4e/File/tepupoloziboja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://micruts.org/userfiles/file/78417317204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bcb9ec6bdc---98813674710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609092b5b89b6---53870155310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=elementary+mathematics+kiran+publication+pdf+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_off0000df9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF9E 17900 bytes
SHA-256: 7ac1299206733788150298cbe3cb3316c062c66bf8f6c9235681932e6a010b7d
font_01_sfnt_off00010e2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E2C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012643.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12643 11400 bytes
SHA-256: d38c8eda8b0f6f15e857aff5afef64026b3bae2371321fa141299d0d35612457