Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b56c37ed9c4957aa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 03:35:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 6b2e707b713abf0ce1468ea1e2853a47 SHA-1: 649f590c92e3d64055184eae58a0d17593cbf451 SHA-256: b56c37ed9c4957aa5c5381cab31eb6caacea92e9770bb553dac1264f5037fe5e
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 0.9975

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://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160837a73c999c---80785987581.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1ffc6c415070af858d4868966fa0521/78713160914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bachtungcompany.com/upload/files/55109218672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d522748c50---kunukarated.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wmhsclassof1977.com/clients/34196/File/22172441551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energo-winstal.pl/userfiles/file/13517099778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bindazzled.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/121cf2a23a3eecf0addb8537e2197830/8855606552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fi64vgf32j63j5hmqvtbo2m9lj/26859858191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hiroyoung.com/data/files/botaxakexugolofuzuxime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coytex.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wonosowevaweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vildmarksjagt.dk/userfiles/file/47600256466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celebicatering.com/upload/ckfinder/files/rosapatemapajoberafefur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mvhs78.com/clients/68382/File/47680582092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t9qgcbhkgrb791pq119d4k6lu6/kezexulufotifezumewubam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worthingtonpark101.com/userimages/30869048521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotravenzolo.it/userfiles/files/rovizorise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xoblates.com/clients/e/e0/e08cfb93fb97b00c28394d0532709dc9/File/27823004640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urgentcarepb.net/userfiles/file/50629652951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076d3ee78348---kokuzugazeriloru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aj-logistics.com/stock/userfiles/file/121534169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synerfreight.com/syner_upload/images/files/fokidinenabifawenitideror.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghioroiu.ro/sites/default/files/file/76761305778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://world-spa-resorts.com/dok/95432969043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaytieudungtragop.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q2c7dc67h1f1ks6s1qm0ki5ike/66712863856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=ielts+complete+test+pdfPDF 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_off0000d974.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD974 10272 bytes
SHA-256: b9e0be61249d37593f1fb170cb6377319cd6c161490df5a983554ed5f2f5df79
font_01_sfnt_off0000f09a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF09A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 28e180b0ad7248d8c3dcc940935bdb73f2383166f408fd5aabbf18dc440b6754
font_02_sfnt_off00011bca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BCA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1