Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bdbbe5e55caa157b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.5 KB Created: 2021-08-03 16:45:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-22
MD5: 82a5cc85fe530d45ef6859f71e761e72 SHA-1: 87717fc1b7ddf09e69ecd907756a3247ca5985d7 SHA-256: bdbbe5e55caa157b10f27839f6fb8eb6d21e1e86a605e663a72536d984902032
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 0.9990

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 http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baa20a87a6c---94000238538.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://jungleflightchiangmai.com/Uploads/files/nexogadabuzeteboje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://struttur-arch.it/userfiles/files/58240391226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carszana.com/image/upload/File/8428210070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607616104b3f2---1032675350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arerp.kr/data/file///54399685855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079aca12eb0c---25639433805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghalemdi.com/userfiles/file/musagig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c512562cfd6---26015760594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cfe74b8f9a---91396209863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backkwang.com/userData/board/file/1586270201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i4dhg63a33dvvo1uh9tsba2310/87324291865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://relatives-united.com/clients/75139/File/dukazuvadopimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ricarda-allegra.de/userfiles/file/88692274535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609226c5d438e---vezivuvimilidurawepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071a25f0159e---5201575132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dienmaythanglong.org/uploads/files/49980344624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oducrmgnqq0jrvir616monfl28/24830162833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harchovyk.com/userfiles/file/gitejepewamowadaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rymwid-training.com/userfiles/file/pemowajigubakit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9u6i4t56h7a7m1m8n7tqcupc9h/24348441167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a648e8385bd---wesasisose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607592b474f33---50751811663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=graphpad+prism+8+serial+number+and+activation+codePDF 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_off00010379.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10379 11332 bytes
SHA-256: a5668f7088e735e7dc3aa5f2ae136703d15fb76004c1c0c30c726c22701cb5f9
font_01_sfnt_off00011dc0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DC0 17568 bytes
SHA-256: 77bb316b01fe601eb9ef261400ddb4a436f2d74cf42f4c9a8cb4605e8eb81622
font_02_sfnt_off00014bcb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14BCB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1