Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b5a0efa7ab94a3cb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-07-24 08:32:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 4ff8e9fa1a0edc2fdaa9f7b4694e0cf4 SHA-1: 8700c8b384c123acd32c894a2979344e8d3f1b22 SHA-256: b5a0efa7ab94a3cb0b34b33f06ee9d2506f85ad6e0dc2e9e448d5892814d998c
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 0.9986

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://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/boesnn49u1u8cf2p0tj7aj6q2v/gixigosobatizigunubap.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/065c90cefaf6b105eb6f76bc717c404a/tipaxilowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607750aac9a5b---borixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba6850a9579---86626459398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3a9e2d608---38728705403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziguratex.com/helpdesk/app/webroot/img/userfiles/files/guvofijuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://5m-tti.com/uploads/image/files/guderubexonefonidexefodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abc43ae36ec---97545382411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diegogenna.it/userfiles/files/ranese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982b634f286---52218283126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visusmarble.com/images_upload/files/xodivajulezasuxidunatulep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1t0rtl7a23hnrvui0ncda4q0u/32015314650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://congluc.com/upload/files/fatanuped.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghioroiu.ro/sites/default/files/file/jipasogejigovozonapoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f7b2ecf9ff178c00580901335bf45c9/26088512178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bettynblue.com/upload/fck_img/20210513/file/43882118908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2471a7088150eb7c6ef76d9ee7852535/98527459672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klasykarozrywki.pl/public/images/fck/file/towap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ed2df70e28---70944616007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maihome.hu/admin1/file/30600334037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4731faedfbde53c535c25b2391448cc/55008118989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d0069ed3e8---41795633407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szymonadamczyk.pl/uploads/fck/file/didoluvamen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0abdc7c0e77a00618c18e8fbae971365/pozadadidajezuvilewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+do+group+work+in+social+workPDF 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_off0000f31c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF31C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010b33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B33 10828 bytes
SHA-256: 4785a9f0dc5becfa8e36af4d822899abeea4776ee8de9b4159c81e2ee5eff8a8
font_02_sfnt_off0001241a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1241A 17204 bytes
SHA-256: c06ebbd816efc515eba73ab30799699eb3a3ba8aa627cd39b0a8756ac18cbb7b