Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b033c9ffacdf6df3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.0 KB Created: 2021-08-27 06:48:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 0102d39135b6c0df3316fa34ec9556a5 SHA-1: b10a29529d5a9f11e5d6564d157a6028b0f49858 SHA-256: b033c9ffacdf6df33cb591acdcb87aa997d3a43f51854f1d03426e831cb55188
172 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. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, presents a deceptive download button and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://broadmoor77.com/clients/39738/File/lefezej.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9a11fdb25b---87414667247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j01brjqe5es0lj631nqs4gtkqi/29117419723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31792ff2162b7f89ba709358079acfa2/69428544475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moraure.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/labuterosusini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a0b80e0697a9310662cf7da1b20ee4d/lisorefabokesewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608da8c40255d---68736351999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gptools.net/userfiles/file/67255675361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kco.su/userfiles/file/zutudalumuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/caaadf6aa98857ec9275a8f887e7c5ee/jenirike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0085e8430bb41fd11dead277260e64ea/pulosowifozowajuzoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://denis-lefebvre-services.com/fichiers/file/jutejuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/054b6253bb539f5f0a3cae9a8878693d/11150808672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taborcapitalpayment.com/clients/d/d0/d0a3925ee25d0adc8806453b18bccccc/File/34049950823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportcity.bg/webroot/img/content/files/62352318479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wojno-stal.pl/pliki/file/43737296084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-pro-peau.fr/userfiles/file/jufivavukalibak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dixietemporarystorage.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90a677b03fdf61b51a1dca0b3db38e07/sevabasugorodad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96e1kdo7m5qc35727q9uk2vqvd/timamafelum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://almar-bus.pl/userfiles/file/pidilerof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160974a2e59b2e---45647876129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iescolumbus.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d0cea889e92b4711623599563036b23/88260378694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b17a6726e9b---96864900424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schodylux.pl/userfiles/file/41384720210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+to+docx+converter+softwarePDF 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_off0000cd89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD89 10588 bytes
SHA-256: fda59e46e401ae680b0502b1139f2f4be29256467b050c40900abd76447b3151
font_01_sfnt_off0000e5f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5F7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE09 15796 bytes
SHA-256: 5769a3024eb4ccaa7558682b510195e81a54d46d3f31683877ce94e151f7b4df