Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b4de7c3fb4ea6fcc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-08-06 16:26:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: a96a362c87e2c726ddd5433b11e052fd SHA-1: 940d1fb4257710de87155d80bd4a1bd20af6bbb2 SHA-256: b4de7c3fb4ea6fcc356c1ac89bf462cb1ea6320947c03d5cdf08f16aa7a5ed63
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 0.9991

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 https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bc46031d97---fejis.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bmhs1963.com/clients/7/72/7286fd37811b7a5dece6e69924e4d5ab/File/40116177262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fishtech.org/uploads/userfiles/file/file/43990220789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioscoponi.eu/userfiles/files/weperodokitebadugegagef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariomariani.it/userfiles/files/74828221737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.proyecpapel.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guvobiwoxakak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kalikraft.com/images/file/11578793836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adepotcustom.com/UploadFiles/file/20210620231830142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lovelyspa.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/naninibuxafovodejupazovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lesfeesdelhetre.fr/upload/files/61854098500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hkalc.com/userfiles/rogobugugep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rgifqc18a3stp6d8hs79sn6b9b/44412861274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2198832974---18901969291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arqing.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79761220144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073b169835b6---gejagutimokawaxokuworun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irinka.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sodoritubazukekif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3fe9f3e683a9f25a98ab45889cd4dd7/wiroxazabefajujuxevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unseretochter.com/images/file/49406145395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c88b2cd87e---kafobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaumont-residence.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ggelrhroo5jsql1tllaeakr9ji/kudedesigititosobeleme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4en5h33lm8npqa6vdqo3v346jp/gonajavifonip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://changrung.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fevawuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lbs.ac.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q1e6lmnjass8h20c2haq4r876k/vapolawewenipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=avengers+tamil+movie+hollywoodPDF 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_off0000dd64.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD64 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f576.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF576 17828 bytes
SHA-256: c40380f2ce983cad86a23da9a88f800fb3982d2651eacc5f3facd2044004fcfb
font_02_sfnt_off00012473.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12473 10940 bytes
SHA-256: ccd669665a27cbc85c89e02fd01098a0fed8932f8e3079fdf3b178e997629455