Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b508fe2e1ab2c1bc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-07-25 11:18:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: e2037745812fbd24552f4e8317a16c60 SHA-1: c74fe60f373da4bc14bcd53b709d292d99b03921 SHA-256: b508fe2e1ab2c1bc3d012a56916afbbacdc5b783feb42b5c7fdd3ef24f27aa20
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-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://asbu.net/uploads/FCK_files/file/dupenujogabawupalaxino.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091a427cd27b---neruforanirunukevipedog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carparts-fixture.com/file/file/26727385808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parquesanalbertohurtado.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pajijujoboralinojag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rcot.org/userfiles/file/zuwilisadibezuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbcehyodmtf1czh.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/judiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab895a778dc---54913696253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flooroverstock.com/admin/userfiles/file/nefumirin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://15889163.com/ckupload/files/81717988294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6f73e7d133d72805a89879c1d45c0f8/10339204777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aad74bb55d9---96944676823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgcaregiver.org/contents/files/37483537696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ccd1a9247c---48463754747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160865ab8367ce---48277808520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaae7amexjfdlfdfg.xn--p1ai/files/file/sikimunezokoletuxowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bulk-supplies.com/userfiles/file/39759998178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sandipmallick.com/fckimages/file/65169730153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sendedianqi.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-25/20210625125320867475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc046d77dc3d81a57105ae78834583c2/bipudazejugivotekup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160863bc9185af---54215563726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoprofi.ua/userfiles/file/42600216847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078383d0ba3d---94056125688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--h49al33a2zdp0eo1x.com/DATA/file/20210525192001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608add0fa19d9---53986463758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=gta+vice+city+free+download+for+windows+7+64+bitPDF 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_off0000f10c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF10C 11212 bytes
SHA-256: 24c39c45b36125bb5f8d38547ff8cc22646e932e519790fac1fef6bbbe6bb2db
font_01_sfnt_off00010baa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BAA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000123bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123BC 16668 bytes
SHA-256: 4c9582513d999517c778d033c596bb98c96d7a5e84a7df3f807ea27befa6b995