Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac038cb6e5c0aeb4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

121.6 KB Created: 2021-08-11 14:53:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 88842681df4a0b6ba8fed97b6fd79eb2 SHA-1: 23c49966558a60dfbdec6590ec87aafca887222b SHA-256: ac038cb6e5c0aeb482b391e4961856d808fa6593fc7afe8de1257163d5288119
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a fake browser/software-install lure. 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 0.9803

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Browser extension / update installation lure high SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE
    Document tells the user to install a browser extension, plugin, viewer, or browser update to view content — a common social-engineering path for credential theft and malware installation
  • 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://netpage.info/userfiles/file/judijadaj.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/26498222970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://expertsystemgroup.com/file_media/file_image/file/parax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amoy-art.com/Upload/file/46331571978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalclassic.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cj7922hsphvgd7tc2oc0v6ldse/11476438678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gregor-biffiger.ch/userfiles/file/64715012392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludbaegitim.com/calisma2/files/uploads/sakato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibrahimalsada.com/pics/file/nuvujikaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biomassasia.net/data_ed/userfiles/file/6441126506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tonioloclaudio.it/userfiles/files/818369476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charivne.info/images/file/butewabewuzezigujasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konyaozgunmobilya.com/userfiles/file/pidom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nrlandscapes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/696ea53befcdfe5b20faa36ffbc200cd/webonakatoresamudozeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1460e19dd7abfa0e6efe90f614cb94d/tutepuzizetezuras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa3d536dce7---sufibanalaxosededuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foulardfotografando.it/file/vabuwar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae7f28e7d93---82902392785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n95america.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/827a772baa25469927226d4216f80cc5/zabipuroxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitnessklub-impuls.pl/uploads/assets/file/bupesenekugilegefalipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45mlkk7ctom96q1g27k36k9s3b/14390090209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagiez.com/userfiles/file/luferekavuxamudunufok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://velkoobchod-man.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mefumibepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67404313850d67c715d16bf981c2aabe/86186919647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=chhota+bheem+tamil+dubbed+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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_003_off000138b6.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x138B6 22928 bytes
SHA-256: 0c99e1c6c23892affe083504bff61046dc4bc9f75ff5d2e4f9a6b7212b277995
font_01_sfnt_off00016143.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16143 10604 bytes
SHA-256: 68ded50cca1b993a3fd5023d70b6d748be431505fba2a23236a29161170887fe
font_02_sfnt_off00017953.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17953 19816 bytes
SHA-256: df19e08d463e1823417c3d31d0906867538e6851c24c066b1791146b23ae7ce8
font_03_sfnt_off0001ad03.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1AD03 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_04_sfnt_off0001c510.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1C510 5064 bytes
SHA-256: 5e2abc05de2c6b2a0a5cd1b69114eb5709fbc6b20466c81e669527e75262f7c8