Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b240e65740e3c6fd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-07-25 03:38:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 203d20e6ab62c348fde0ee144ba7f4cb SHA-1: 41315030b6512bed88b8ee58a2e825e40c5dc29a SHA-256: b240e65740e3c6fdfb19e1d9f6137e1275d6a3d78bad4391aa6c6acd8bb129bd
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 0.9912

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://tunglamgarden.com/images/fck/file/busuxugokinukamov.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607837e4c964b---81981528901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jagodkaprzedszkole.pl/userfiles/file/18838134660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mybizwebsites.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a908c6d4d76---49846898521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cl987g74vmosufkd8jt2oe1o2u/febobulovinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbaqfskngn1qi.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/lapipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chezgregoire.fr/userfiles/tukunawuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.18fire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a170ca0b891e78bcba6cae6fbad23d60/pivagepedupipujelew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zaantraining.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160807347a650c---gudenutizab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldmustang.com/files/files/bojotimadawipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pampa.be/uploads/userfiles/files/98166512342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/asp8vft9fuooee7cm9o92qfte5/patuvijifito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trungtammatnamviet.vn/upload/files/65425143965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zs-g.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kixuwezodug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceccarbotosani.ro/userfiles/file/38616217046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stlnsk.ru/uploads/file/90480592463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2c95cc3623---81121002841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/170052ba09829d87a68242d97bc0700f/26229417636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sfe3ngb2btichesqqa23gfps0i/barobilamixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076747697d5d---wamoforoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sasalidayanisma.org/uploads/file/58820299991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltgtrends.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a87a6b8560de97e18383baff93f6f7e/moxakos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haworthclassof73.com/clients/73472/File/63689020114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/timuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nousgarage.com/userfiles/file/balubuxewaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yourtruck.be/upload/ckeditor/file/zigipojuxoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=subhash+palekar+books+pdf+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_off0000f462.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF462 17952 bytes
SHA-256: 0044e198941c7995a0522e1b9be033e36cec80d0c449238d71e91d19740e979a
font_01_sfnt_off00012424.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12424 10900 bytes
SHA-256: 0213cce8094f00fbf35176c286ba8bbfe02bb0e08a0231ab9db689c45f042d67
font_02_sfnt_off00013d2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D2A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1