Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b44f800ea6387d9e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-07-23 23:29:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: f06c2f9564dfe9272397457a6a82bf8b SHA-1: bb3a00da4368e215e1a28371bbf07ba7d03116d1 SHA-256: b44f800ea6387d9e24c230871df09102fe4c3ba4798e89383c8bca3aa3434396
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 0.9990

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bk8qckqdndnln31sfe1eob4qkp/xaxuxipurujonedupaw.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ajwatravel.com/wheelmarine/userfiles/file/98244221924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62f9fd47a12950d7ea8cd791f290af54/48119242166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fuean1cuojkf6nal5kfrnq12k4/perevubuvakurisem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qekp5o4cjoeta5ktjfprpn7rp1/kovenurupiruzivux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/16242689812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/moerqp6td4oim4er8uimsikeoa/kebasemodavasisif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcomproltd.com/userfiles/file/57912942359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mispuntossaga.com/campannas/file/27554073668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54ft5b6v310r6196c1kppsj4kh/tejojijukeninazasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skoleniridicubrno.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/letekese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b101a00132b---gobaler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltgtrends.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/723ad6ac3a5abda71d367a94c03dedf6/39873409979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e127bdec7a---84121461777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://araonline.hu/uploads/file/rerowuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paklya.su/design/img/upload/file/54133899441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/839974916dfe83dc26e1ee80f26995d5/kotope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://summithighschool1958.com/clients/71652/File/96556368116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t49que8j258kgj9vbkob19oqq4/binazafizidelifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieompaysdebray.fr/lesiom/txt/imgadmin/file/pivododasunodakunovevoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://augustaelectricalwork.com/editorData/file/zikomagajisisosinepurunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86489bc845b1beea4c3dc4aaef19e0aa/gepunerifedegug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lovesushiscv.com/uploads/files/waketebuxukexeluguwez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupahatak.pl/admin/_fck_files/file/ligewoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trimblehighalumni.com/clients/84492/File/21968034099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=vidmate+app+download+install+old+version+xcmrd+apk+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_off0000f0c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0C8 10992 bytes
SHA-256: 7b87bc2fcf98d523501b99519cd6adcf17569daa5784bf65f1ac9ef0c2813eb7
font_01_sfnt_off00010a5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A5E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012270.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12270 16648 bytes
SHA-256: c16cf724053fe70c4c129b540d93cd377a4329d83789a72447df81a4737a5b7d