Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a77b8d204c1e848a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

109.0 KB Created: 2021-08-16 03:01:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: b066b42a6204dc0d69a261ea2d351a3e SHA-1: cbf20eb1691949be087b1d2e65d185c7479af22d SHA-256: a77b8d204c1e848abeb68aecebda45145441f72686859c8169770ae167d5d5b2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses an urgency-based lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9967

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://tycoonmedical.com/userfiles/file/51749313158.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/zukapitosazolovurij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viboot.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nigupotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afbfda205cc---karamabamoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608be38c3887f---padapawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8b043c4d16---27197774416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paulbwatkinslaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/retapojesufugiteto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082d0e93f2e8---milisagofiwegopeniku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jnnycc.org/userfiles/file/nofovufeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e107bbdd564c2ff630fc53bda962d076/83265731776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d9f3fb3c03---91775523577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094751478bba---5081793333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phrabat.net/UserFiles/File/gimivaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-junsheng.com/upload/file///20218175814653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catequesisnavarra.org/guiarte_userfiles/files/sumezap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://universalestetic.com/userfiles/file/pezotabalonabuwopadaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bociany.sk/media/file/83979083346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acfc8046b93---badakometekutosusowasegab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b6812514abeded266cf1dedace8fdf3/98792182357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zamokugrofa.sk/admin/fckeditor/file/norupiwadaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhxndl.com/uploadfiles/files/gazinomarebitov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jl51qcmhplr453fedqom1im5ab/fikuguvinidar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaitosushisb.com/uploads/files/xowaxukigat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=passport+renewal+application+form+indian+embassy+riyadhPDF 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_off00014302.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14302 17900 bytes
SHA-256: 39db252a905e972f059a1d66c756093912863fa9c3259b86041b587ccf432b36
font_01_sfnt_off0001720b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1720B 11224 bytes
SHA-256: 4eeda0fb0f3625926799e058347f3cd78e53c52093f8a875ce057ee13ba779a2
font_02_sfnt_off00018c01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18C01 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1