Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a98f82cc2393fbde…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-07-24 11:48:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: b33eba7f2013e2ab1f7e5d2751d184a0 SHA-1: f85279a75cd857c294fa042330b784aaa0cf21df SHA-256: a98f82cc2393fbdee4efa486d79dc10f77b50cc18069de162d358724313d8ade
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 0.9995

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://paitoonbox.com/userfiles/files/rirozanet.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nnk.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a11b2088b7a---58707090261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burelomdo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36903099208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c35b708d59---vuselaxugimumilajeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d41e8a5d5220480903eec6483e74b848/79301873928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bobiniauto.com/userfiles/file/gufolisululasirujewerab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremyco.com/app/webroot/docs/file/pijaduforafirotevavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atpl.aero/ckfinder/userfiles/files/karepidumiboloxev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staractivecollection.com/resimler/site/files/20892410221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084446ab3a17---vabagimajanusojuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071541414e04---dizuzumazulisunaneje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eee846b7fa---diliruguxuzopogadozig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc-021.com/userfiles/file/20210701004627_5a160r.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hindel-relax.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jojebanojag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096cff75c24c---62309234099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotwaterfactory.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fdae63ddaaa23b9baaec7ca89f5dabb/67724248884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a56232c1a1---90722283663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123natura.com/stockages/files/tedilile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9a31bb18bd---vujejurefawomomevunok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fittbikese.hu/files/file/lolozabutaxamake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tourister.kr/userfiles/file/82100322643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=the+aims+of+argument+8th+edition+onlinePDF 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_off0000f4b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4B9 11072 bytes
SHA-256: f3da6d9d0402b8e267fb88a0f1ee52c3a214a6d9df756c1f9d90b46964173800
font_01_sfnt_off00010e29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E29 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001263b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1263B 17192 bytes
SHA-256: ab6daba19ea428dc4bca00bbd71e59437f327209a346b469ad0b76ec5aca2d8a