Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 df881c85a0e90cb0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.2 KB Created: 2021-09-08 01:14:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 040a295a7c82c4447f66ecce1d1ecd27 SHA-1: cc469696ad8c19e17dba8eccb235a97a7d4731a0 SHA-256: df881c85a0e90cb0666ddecb39e58ab33ed9a428569634dede59dd397cf51cef
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 0.9977

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 http://metamorfoza-krosno.pl/userfiles/file/96047346917.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aneri12.eu/res/file/76581663518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/do30jsj0qnvkvmkvslmi9qveek/16183509653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simkoongschool.com/uploads/editer/files/65414257398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af99e9a6f0a---pevuperize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblo.ph/app/webroot/img/files/fegixejiromipajanakolujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.prodomasa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/senaligepumatuditubuziwiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b76252947bb---puzokasidopuvabarul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctkupavna.ru/upload/file/90262358278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://narcisse.sk/editor_uploads/files/giwuwugukilud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jonme.net/ckupload/files/zubewotomez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dui-antidote.com/images/userfiles/file/51864937622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b9dd058d0e---valip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdhok4d39ogchber22e7bdg8gm/buwudugopofabok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mopron.ru/upload/files/95652685679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scuderia512.com/js/upload/files/56159051692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f23e39d8672---25059530751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cedb464ca7---52016430695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dolupin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/88306651083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicinasolidale.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6da8808468dad169941c7ac7a7c39952/1362088640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/pefogoxovozuputalipifatas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caopump.com/admin/userfiles/file/jegiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanabi-la.com/uploads/files/29866682236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=business+proposal+for+poultry+farming+in+nigeria+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_off0000d5e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5E3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000edf5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDF5 16596 bytes
SHA-256: ca0d72b3709004e4001c6cfba465200611f982e81272794216913e86e8c31afe
font_02_sfnt_off000118a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118A9 11108 bytes
SHA-256: 1c931782968296e772a2598aa114dfd1458d752be849435b427b04e828acfed9