Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bf9d1f12d1925d90…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.6 KB Created: 2021-08-05 20:03:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 4a9ec27e6961878b224e4257d95af71a SHA-1: e0a945f111fb087330eb5667c297a887a0fad4ff SHA-256: bf9d1f12d1925d9052ee279fb0955c95c99929d745bb486e6eac8938f1b22c57
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

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, presents a deceptive download button and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9928

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://larioenergy.net/uploads/file/61115526036.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0ij4ij7lu716ffk5iot4lsl65/simegagugoxebodanafezafij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mudraconsultancy.com/uploads/files/towaribakekifiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cainghienbinhduong.com/uploads/userfiles/file/86533970857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajivikafinance.com/userfiles/file/45875628864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://denkobarbell.com/_upload/files/jizujevagidozojisolezat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghalemdi.com/userfiles/file/fexuveseruk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emke.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42753908221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c881994f8bf---77675661933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chupanhnoithat.vn/upload/files/dudiwusim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albarossa.jp/js/upload/files/junefufajukeranosor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/250ce5dcc0263dec299ce8a7f70fd00c/64813008285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmp-traueranzeigen.de/cms/files/guzujibasegatobub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afcb164e9ae---fuketotajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pajurioverslas.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42774847683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uci.ir/userfiles/file/fetomasodijeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiwendq.com//data/attachment/file/buninitubopulunas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smit-electronic.hr/upload/datoteke/zoboxikodusakapaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocastigli.eu/userfiles/files/58683938523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a1a64296fd---77369469278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e3f3cd3acef---32923508509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3gr-group.com/ci/userfiles/files/47410339358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f9dd9776df2---xedabutibivumal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mii.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98f150044a554055a4683c3f6936e945/58508411055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/026e5f0367b257575bd5f6e09abb1437/vijujekokokafojaratu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aptchasers.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/gomanupujurane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=have+yourself+a+merry+little+christmas+jazz+lead+sheetPDF 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_off000105da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105DA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011dec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DEC 19768 bytes
SHA-256: b7ff2f8e043063abc15ef83f4d2064dd8d4cf4f45c6ea1596021684129ea1f8b
font_02_sfnt_off00014f9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14F9E 11096 bytes
SHA-256: 2f6d48330aeb2679e2667756728faaf5971208632c5164bc396736f48b2a44d6