Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b4fc97b3b8c16d2c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-07-29 20:00:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: aea746d16560495cba0116b17179738c SHA-1: a5170b347622195889c35df8b34246821f40458a SHA-256: b4fc97b3b8c16d2cc22f5aa4ed37f6b44f8d6397feea677ca87a495b0ce6fd3a
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 http://bhttourist.com/upload/fckimagesfile/947701914.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hanboo.cn/Uploads/file/2021062117451770554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c52bc360ff1---gidorusoliwos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8ef17576b2---89622271055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elcivan.com/admin/UserFiles/file/87472612515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cateringkieuan.com/uploads/userfiles/file/52027053478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d3e34af0b5---69017114423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f80a98dba72f1bc57184c6f2ec5ce3e5/59781313932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttworld.hu/uploads/content_files/files/2194477556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdmatik.com/uploads/file/koxawopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koratspring.com/upload/file/wolujovilijen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackielaw.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zomumejofopumedetilofeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paramountswimwear.com/userfiles/files/68125879436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imbirimbir.ru/files/xejemuwoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okmarin.ru/userfiles/file/17184716678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creteotels.gr/FCKeditor/userimages/file/guwamarubekunako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phaptangpgvn.net/app/webroot/upload/files/15852070729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c15d001e4d22aec45680a095189d3ac/18471347688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99jgpnmhrbmfrb7c5b2jrrqsp1/19708918836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highendschmiede.de/highendfiles/file/83774458405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szallas-karpatalja.com/upload/buwusigesosiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073dce9da568---23353832173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caslyn.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f5f36e0f82f---70113421280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+i+set+up+ottlitePDF 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_off0000d3bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3BB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ebd2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBD2 10196 bytes
SHA-256: 3f8f82426781c10045e2ad7a30fd2ec3509132e3f8d7a84992ac7a9865a01133
font_02_sfnt_off000102cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102CC 18092 bytes
SHA-256: 5d485c45a5759295accd5767cd4102e3c6832c416af15f23a5c8961fbc28cff6