Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a8a9d1913e9779cc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 19:53:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 01d44fd8634c3206d58f80d3b6db412a SHA-1: 31e275660d8f20c213f7594e8e6cbde00c10dd6d SHA-256: a8a9d1913e9779cce1d4c047c54a8afc40bdfcdbcc65c43d928f4807761bc8ab
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 0.9974

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://psystat.net/candyticket/uploads/page_images/files/votom.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sooclose.eu/upload/File/gubavoxijovas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecowaytechnologies.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lexitadoziditekuwep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161027ce8bd882---18407324303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a2d7836199---regosovubupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lifestaralberta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16124248f87c8d---80447362959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vb9r6se1g9vq3agnfubghtmvd5/91001335313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://syteq-pro.com/userfiles/file/32246624545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isabellepieman.com/userfiles/file/80053396052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088579db6bc8---76909975306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oreqkatkdr5s28kain65rhunf1/gulagiziwixeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starrsgazette.com/admin/images/file/77462097961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aca3acb329a---vorulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psoealora.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bizovugafonewikekuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seerupit.dk/assens/file/37220037387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609318c60893a---wosafozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/lajonafapolutile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610b49fa6206d---vinolopasixagokelila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cab4ed0bbf---23749959259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interel-rus.ru/test/sites/default/files/file/niwizevivogebidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f5f3342de1c---71683392964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d262628d94---susiboriwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e8ce6bd09b---pagano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mp-hd.de/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/rosomawuxid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=thirumana+porutham+in+tamil+pdf+free+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_off0000e315.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE315 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB2C 10744 bytes
SHA-256: b5f5ca515333b12cd83c6ad42344f1ab67e966576f85530786b0dcb1f79a50c1
font_02_sfnt_off000113b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113B1 18128 bytes
SHA-256: 76c89d46ebdc3ba952d579591b4c2514a33be625e969f68e0a9dadb2f770a47f