Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d8b27bcf987f7127…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.6 KB Created: 2021-05-01 14:34:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-24
MD5: cea13386a2785337da00e5077e3dd095 SHA-1: 233c4c20cbce81f1b106225627518f86338deef2 SHA-256: d8b27bcf987f712732b65a029062602f47adb0e04bc332f7fd2e36cbd5ffb3e1
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 0.9998

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dv3phm59nq9jquhf1loaqrd0f2/84578352172.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b793f5a03191ef5d9389fa135f28500a/95199434768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160827846c7c57---xumenaridogawoxixowitovom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607426768ef42---nolorigij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ct1um7nb8c4psll5dra8o3t46/soworewunesonujexuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allamericannursing.com/userfiles/file/lekulexekaziwiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/29442736236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04e47ff71b6b683a5e46df8307344a48/19358729360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soba05.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0628cb8a7beb44ffa3d7c08282f741b2/fegoduseborepemepipor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://workprohealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d14f7ef185---44001740388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prestigeautobody.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe4993a3b8d9b63b739868ba5c7b7d3a/48410797114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jgmurphy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c329eeb477e747194ecf8fea0406277d/turatosodif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079f03fdea21---lijopamazufoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074cf47ceb58---93288288980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikizmir.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608049b8e481d---gezisefojobagata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607242760d614---jodinelupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bebd430241---16335732678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pn7u6s7knrono7pvso6l8f96fq/34526480561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=autocad+2013+crack+file+freePDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn 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_off0000e0a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0A9 5380 bytes
SHA-256: 08a7f9a3bf7a93eb6d65cf0ed77ceb68db92d9c66700296e10c93a80f7bba4cc
font_01_sfnt_off0000f319.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF319 10676 bytes
SHA-256: f6ba02e84a71f86f30f855eca881e367586cdf4cee4a430bb415172f62ce8a31
font_02_sfnt_off00011808.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11808 16160 bytes
SHA-256: 71fec8a3adfe41455811528c654ef740a0d97889ddd19e39e153b04b7507b7f0