Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b5b187a4d7bc596f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-08-03 22:33:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 71b1d734688467e7b1b5c72da24a52fd SHA-1: 4d61b02f1815bf476b76025b7ebccbd6e0b941c6 SHA-256: b5b187a4d7bc596f9e8c09f8f8c228b820167755b44fbaac8b64873c7716d864
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 0.9983

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://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/347df850e9cc6ca3c56c8cc6711844b1/94469281016.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ip5p8q7dkvt1kv9ff6p8s8nlhm/31743369776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stavo-bazar.cz/userfiles/file/vekik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092f41a762a4---zefubonutimaravabebojuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fd-health.com/upload/ckeditor/files/xebizufixufulusub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beerskiboot.com/img/upload/file/xazoruzaguw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gachbinhduong.com/upload/file/5518749238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f89073a033---82329821544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radio-salsa.com/php/rs/filesupload/file/98897781687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aisef.org/uploads/userfiles/file/file/90280155901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mcutech.net/upload/2021/06/file/1624456915314618434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://groupkaishan.com/d/files/tivifolesogapinab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shreyaghoshal.com/konadnew/userfiles/file/46184271410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiopros.com/userfiles/file/In PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ppq11ehbej22fjibk2if9rr1cv/gobokitamamasovojoxoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctyrkolky-gamax.cz/data/dokumenty/52567754239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nomortiga.com/contents//files/xusanoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088d5793416c---fowuduratozodudilebilogex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://distriparkbotlek.nl/userfiles/files/vovivolasajigalovenikavus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6eaec1ab42130cf6cac1c64a0f27c78f/41760702331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/inl1d5rq3ge7dt3aenbo9aouk6/43706753487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca2d54c4c8---3438087353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://njuhome.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49260982466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ae8962173a---duwotonebovokukovaviwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a20338a74f0---saboma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=screen+printing+company+profile+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_off0000e5d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5D0 16184 bytes
SHA-256: 601ec24c843f6070a1669d769e562acb9e28c32203c66badb36f27e2435c1ea7
font_01_sfnt_off00010f98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F98 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000127af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127AF 10984 bytes
SHA-256: 61be9216fa98a964b36ba43120fd092eb695d32513dc3f7b9d93fa50f7fb6376