Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6be5fb6fb656665…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-14 07:54:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 4c6183c7bef9028f6c30516ada2403ca SHA-1: 4cc7b71d9ded99d1b7ed3acb4508308f7ef8e95a SHA-256: a6be5fb6fb656665b7c2f33b0b16ffa570934e975dbb2680661cd67978cbc343
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 0.9960

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://s4l.vn/storage/ckfinder/files/70502645691.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pasationtravellers.com/root/FCKeditor/file/75794921207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--j1aii.su/userfiles/file/62130531819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a39451e7d3---koruvigaduxilumiluzerorev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellar-toys.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mamogajefopamowulazekuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ichibaninfotech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/degoxomezudelenotajew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abcgsgeds.friendship-match.com/upload/files/10624966143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fd5db3989e---jesukomuzafedoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ck-buhgalter.ru/userfiles/file/navavavedeximimusotej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogalata.it/userfiles/files/kinakom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613735fea8533---xorufobezupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fine-cottage.ru/userfiles/files/gonewid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135b67498a6d---jupoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a326bb0a2032e6186d073da715e2d8d/14010424231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rannatennis.ee/data/upfiles/files/11340696575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koryosushi.com/uploads/files/notugurodogakal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138956581811---nepedibutito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elisa5888.com/shopadmin/upload/files/robufedutanezoxuzaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tylbm.com/Upload/ckeditor/files/vetowoxupuwaxefupuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finara-v.com/file_media/file_image/file/18069119174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amatnieks.com/pictures/image/41069396874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tele-klass.ru/i/upload/files/puwunenil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nieruchomosci-swidnica.pl/userfiles/file/75190583646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=yowhatsapp+update+new+version+2021+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_off0000dbb9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBB9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3CB 17056 bytes
SHA-256: 57b01192581889ef2d282608b1b3d55057ac82a7db752a957c57e77a4adddd7a
font_02_sfnt_off00011fb4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FB4 11016 bytes
SHA-256: 7cb41fc5195ea300deed2b6574e3439d33f69a5f914565483e3e3cb3f386ec37