Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a90c3056bc4e7057…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-08-10 03:09:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 0fe3327ab489e24f920b90cba25e6fe8 SHA-1: 4bf1baa99471926e47ee5f9a4463d71fd6a8bdc3 SHA-256: a90c3056bc4e7057f736df006d485f4c33e2d7b61f07ce5fc737a9653ef0a02b
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 0.9982

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://tfh-filter.hu/_user/file/55818336909.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://olgapopovaphoto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/158ed4a5bb325e52db072ad663bf788f/72863313903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://habitat3.eu/userfiles/files/51463175552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zetrade.cz/userfiles/file/88210308396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paliukenas.lt/i/File/mupixedurir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reklama-v-sochi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dotagivajejojetetijumoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telegid.tv/userfiles/files/17352299594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vdbergelectro.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02bfcf370d81baa4870db6c861cfbcc5/rusivakome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/obj25h697qclvu3qc2oknus302/743681452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/128j5a1hj1db7ef4qq8ifj1cj6/38647071679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mojahotels.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16658066696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirierielicopter.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099f4c66b57a---92617581171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agatanorek.com/files/file/noliku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095990c643b1---57892326623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bruceautoservice.com/files/file/lufekaxuxenimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/diwaletorexojeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scoutpate.com/userfiles/file/nuzaviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioguagnoni.it/userfiles/files/wusolilavawawus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salinahighschool1968.com/clients/3/33/33fcb9b832a528c934b1ac42c6b88a99/File/6092286148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://footballsod.com/images/ck-uploads/files/xifunakife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f54c6518adb163949aeeafb5a4d8b59/99053623264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailyliving.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jatetuxatugazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c896c6d26be---nanezebozaxopujebajen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delphin-bau.com/ckfinder/upload/files/wuboxajed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/au55hg0oov4lk82nggsblba4q0/31508928632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=coast+guard+gd+exam+questions+and+answersPDF 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_off0000e8aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8AA 17004 bytes
SHA-256: 0b704d505b739b5b2afdc4c055c02f0c8d47f816e28daca12494dc1cf5663ab7
font_01_sfnt_off00011538.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11538 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012d4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D4F 11012 bytes
SHA-256: 1c929106592584f6684e890e34c7df725a1e2d48faff1ca1722baf50a8be2495