Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9d4fbf0e8dc7d071…

MALICIOUS

PDF

112.6 KB Created: 2021-05-17 10:15:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: eccd645f5879f374c2c8a05ae5cda791 SHA-1: a09e52e509a5e74a4c810752cd888642d360ecbd SHA-256: 9d4fbf0e8dc7d0716c115921fa3b06861597b93b208d9b296685f9317ff48bbb
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a fake browser/software-install lure. 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 0.9998

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
  • Browser extension / update installation lure high SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE
    Document tells the user to install a browser extension, plugin, viewer, or browser update to view content — a common social-engineering path for credential theft and malware installation
  • 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://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fd80c05cda---82055162332.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://altelaw.com/uploads/image/file/47455107026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609840fd349c0---banosabuwimejagidamuzad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vuaship.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p5rvb5knhj9hcst5rs11f42uor/dozago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84cfdbcf1de49d4b39a73cf063c6d6e3/duzolub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americansummercamps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf9a85596e---jarakujud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dad9876fe8085e0bcc4391f96be41a58/61493078193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acetechnology.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uempj4g7fot9tuu42eaqd7jf8q/35517432868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9fb390e6f---39353511109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160855fe592c56---40530497715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e4dd943a2d91ae5781490773b1f5da6/16033567223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highendschmiede.de/highendfiles/file/taduberodajovimokarok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boursemoi.com/userfiles/file/zafiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nv32kgdf3i3skbpeoiqc40guej/36166443080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160718323b1ef9---44362284967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensionatiitalianiinportogallo.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cbe6b31e2f5f514bc4ac4e4a97a77e8/kidugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://awlights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9037152af4f81c044d0b96b9072109c9/jitilopusatoxamixukifid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=fortnite+chapter+2+season+1+cheat+sheetPDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00017c5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17C5E 5128 bytes
SHA-256: 16c00c0d7ed1739391d0426a4a84d3504b38241e5f622a8ebbf2df7a12db479b
font_01_sfnt_off00018dd0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18DD0 11448 bytes
SHA-256: 8c2a066eed5a529f521772869980dd231ed38eb14380c04ef5194f30596e5e2c