Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc553a2d0374e4a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.4 KB Created: 2021-08-10 15:46:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-23
MD5: 8a8afca980fe6d2941596f6820d38f24 SHA-1: 73dc2046a269eed7e924227896e8985cd1fc489d SHA-256: bc553a2d0374e4a7c9870c5b42e48662335f93adbf15a09e1a5e1c04d1286b2d
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 0.9923

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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+diamonds+in+mobile+legends+for+free+2020 PDF link annotation
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hjvfjgv8ks8buqceu3sbgh54g3/97350797902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a94ceff29ac---falijute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.afamaresme.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fc357a9b086---sarewer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aicpwdosaeast.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuraberisij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egokituz.eus/files/galeria/files/viwoxojabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohappy.org/userData/board/file/wutanud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160824c81aa6ff---36532050856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2e5b44797e30458df54ada8ea540ee2/35024702751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flirdining.com/uploads/files/sepaduteji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://china-glass-mosaic.com/userfiles/files/20210729_185104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--12cm8caae5d9a0a0a1dxk6dd.com/user_img/files/jogabasofutuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccswcd.com/userfiles/file/muzakoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsforwarriors.org/userfiles/files/tojuduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606feef142615---bedovatidimupamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hmsendo.pl/uploads/editor/file/pijisokabasorapisoniga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/840c7d0428aaaf8df5dc94e5a27b73a0/18690139445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab61480bb6b---92713734287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca06cc389bd---meragun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098b45e6c93b---nonunugupomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb4101d3ccd---43192921123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0433aogif5pb8siu3cg9cgde05/nalavaduboxijuzudinaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fe0bd55eea6---dajav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afe067c1a88---dukunerexabalifegodor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfa61c9e324---28717612157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://susasoft.com/upload/userfiles/files/34442279103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010018.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10018 11156 bytes
SHA-256: f2c9b1eb0f70b88ddcdaf10e7df48a68ae1bb997d65a5aaeaa267782e2ff5f59
font_01_sfnt_off00011a01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A01 19540 bytes
SHA-256: a5c843b07d800f79d34b03b4d5e6e4a39a996dde0ece9df40d8720dec5b37f9a
font_02_sfnt_off00014bbd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14BBD 2016 bytes
SHA-256: 9738005df57199d8afefdce75d40ecff8e380fa0a8a8b07d665021c8080c9503
font_03_sfnt_off000154e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x154E2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1