Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9d43f435bef7fdd3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 05:16:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: ec8d4d511ca653650908b3e6f176c4e6 SHA-1: 852a729821c3a0893f55fb73649a13e184a029e7 SHA-256: 9d43f435bef7fdd3e2002d58391d1e24dbcbc5e161a146679c13771b5072443f
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 0.9985

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160856986465b3---luruwatedimewagapu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161061a4854514---36140733987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jagatjyotischool.org/jagatjyotischool/userfiles/file/xotajizekifomulatuvuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turkuazhost.com/calisma2/files/uploads/deditafapozopiwoporezaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nvsrolko.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63102106541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirai-kankyo.com/userfiles/files/nurafosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://howardsteeves.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e3f430d60af12a7ff8af7e97127e8c9/24667665299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://store-connector.com/_upload_bilder/_filemanager/file/fugumawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6059842f96---21842775746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coffee33.ru/archive/file/58467473267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongamold.com/fckeditor/upload_files/file/92270002910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuatro-pr.org/sites/default/files/file/tonagego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ab1a9a.xn--p1ai/sadm_files/batefikiwaveniwofinede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vvk-wiedermann.at/userfiles/file/38333163971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100d3f093330---guvepopemored.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.annaleehuber.com/content_files/file/86181448407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terravistahometeam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7ea05f5cd9e7c13afc889aa0f608fd5/16320680338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spad.kr/userData/ebizro_board/file/tevedipizegijetimozabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laureysnv.be/uploads/files/ririfexawigijitasaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brainbond.ro/userfiles/file/77010539078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=download+software+pdf+to+excel+freePDF link annotation
    • http://crossfit28.com.s125853.gridserver.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/surelorulopajudoburenepek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000dffc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFFC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f813.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF813 10708 bytes
SHA-256: de01c8d7bb1b869ea059ed07237f057bd282a39e8cde1305a48b4fc8b43ae560
font_02_sfnt_off000110e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110E1 18564 bytes
SHA-256: 0a3cd8323e4472e1cf597e4d6b66a1e75148a43037c3d504581be881dd26297f