Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a8303ce668d1acda…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.1 KB Created: 2021-08-12 01:04:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: 6db29b959c6f018f95e0abab0e9a391e SHA-1: c8649d66858ac1fc8b46a4076aaa7901d52cdffd SHA-256: a8303ce668d1acda1d77fdcdf1f427cab011341723c985517236288fd78a3585
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 0.9980

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 https://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=skin+changer+fortnite+2021 PDF link annotation
    • https://lienlacanien.com/img_pages/file/mazinaburasinatobevet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reflectionuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9sqvu0ta8kubd42rqvqanjicn4/88471569610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bindazzled.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8951a1d29d10ff2265dc3eb58ad0aec8/zosorikaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tidymoney.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66896199736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lab4050.com/upload/editor/file/3773901362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szguilong.com/userfiles/files/56549697414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ya-ke.cn/admin/upload/58093063337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcdesantmarti.com/biocop/Images/images-editor/file/xajasaban.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bucatariizidite.ro/printuri-fi/files/87820413662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fcfdd9ad49---36320422035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transporteslaplata.com/imagenes_web/file/wekalopidipexekevotowuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d86bea5f57---18495711082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.assignproject.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099d70c5ddc6---26554554039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i5t3qeh0odbifsd6sute0brvv3/batasixitepemifudiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://langumeistras.lt/i/File/fivew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimhc.com/userfiles/file/97714614697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba980539c9e89d15f8b0b0d8b2c2ec05/78164872102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073c44eeb0e3---gibajizabar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b26a275a829---jovojowafusabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3daff122531b612cee6edbf9bce65c77/85184076702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maderas-navarro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kiwumebunipasaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gruppocaminiti.it/userfiles/files/19302153776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pypconsultores.mx/userfiles/file/jozosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euroroma-bg.org/files/file/28508887408.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_off0000c18b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC18B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d99d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD99D 15160 bytes
SHA-256: e39896e174e1212a14a950c960ec07ff0448b3ed3245ce7d3713a0d7c3dea054
font_02_sfnt_off00010016.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10016 10864 bytes
SHA-256: 5bcf4cb67e11f4fdf66f619abd2dd6f057f42ce44c8416450f83cf36682681d4