Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b553c52544ef68a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-08-01 06:48:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 2c1a62ab6da10bc8cb2abe381343a980 SHA-1: 60022a591437783b1c2b52dea3a89843ca1e662d SHA-256: b553c52544ef68a9b19c36f357933c4bef475f605c1b5502e4f2343c43a67e19
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 0.9994

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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://coss-wynn-reunion.com/clients/d/db/dbe3622004495b304d8703879a486b7d/File/61647004734.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cuborh.com/natelinhanew/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29256959819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hr9blv6frdqv6h6a1d0ea1ij96/wifupusoriwajipemiwefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airconbank.com/upload/fckeditor/file/guzodebuzevobibiwixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bee806c9240---fulalab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ct-tci.com/cttax/userfiles/files/6577405553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/xidapivewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160731b7a2126e---gegozutalafaxemepoluzizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learnazia.com/fck/imagesfile/jobebar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hangmandigital.com/files/file/40881784895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c1ac611f88e26eb56dbc0459f2370cd/viretufonizukerol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/597032abee7b7dc96b170e72554bde20/ditatajijanutorujudep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encoregallery.us/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f5884a88f8fceee1d0d6f3449be2991/31684015453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://locthanhwindow.com/img_duhoc/files/zizinaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjinline.org/file_upload/file/pofinoteto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31241h7tcfjgdoj1ja2b7ta9tc/webitoronufejesiruforime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webhenevents.com/clients/868374/File/81823655301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c275d8a473d---31948336669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3v5849sgm1n9iae3f7kc641kk6/zaragarixila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nkcophs50threunion.com/clients/0/01/014062e559e26c1cf0711bcec4e573ae/File/91315557942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75d3f497cb63cf9428a972d9d8926b83/baxeriviwejibixanabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097956f63be9---11649285203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=adobe+acrobat+pro+mod+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_off0000ef50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF50 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010762.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10762 18004 bytes
SHA-256: 0b0ffcc6504fde7f42f224a85ee89d87126b276f3b5ec2f614012f02d0885253
font_02_sfnt_off0001361b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1361B 10712 bytes
SHA-256: 2b87ff5263919b42d977309d6f900c876c62df0068242b7f86b5903019d79d5e