Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e186530b823c983d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.0 KB Created: 2021-07-01 19:42:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 6edc744e95e0a34487c0f5595c4b4559 SHA-1: 8839c22ebe6ae71492cd1607749bfa0a00f4188d SHA-256: e186530b823c983de8e11484f927d964896a674a0cc81e9dfb137f5ff3751460
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 0.9932

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://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i5eggajpshs6d9p6oocqjnqve4/82164650344.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2f1ksk34oig0kv337jkpr1oo0/2205879106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160980eeb4f0f7---gumoxufudomababovowud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce95489a2a7---wepedugiruximo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5027078331b606bb42175eb242ff7b90/kasoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2b5669b097---30796050855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa50a9789e8---piferugivafuxuxora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kitapkapla.com/upload/ckfinder/files/nuburoxonim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160847c07dc5a9---belewukisomexiguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volamtuyetthe.com/userfiles/file/63427044425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607200a16c900---kaxejobilemokufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/050d84e5b8e252570e5f9a3bfb0f4a82/moruluderovufowawos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiospazioambiente.it/userfiles/files/25337188382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giaoducvietnamtv.com/images/ckeditor/files/78052036280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072626b05be0---91053045960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prograsifkalip.com/files/92047632101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgdivorcelawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2fffb6f645ce19ad8d478064d8287f5/58159396143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kubak-ubezpieczenia.pl/userfiles/file/6138461738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0abe96445b24dce6c728fa3522ad1859/3474067118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077846de3f9b---tejes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afd.me.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8actco30vp4eas4uebp4ns93et/gitebimebuselowinenekupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestapp4u.com/admin/uploadedfiles/file/24890827794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160926a3e2f2aa---46019161618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+hack+8+ball+pool+androidPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ea71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA71 16376 bytes
SHA-256: 0c133022d1e9883d2ff7035cf84f1fa0be9cfa0d671266bc5a940283bc0f9855
font_01_sfnt_off00010095.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10095 17236 bytes
SHA-256: c82983a213cd6e899fbed3be4512da215debc1f1e5595313f05189de8619c3f5
font_02_sfnt_off00012d86.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D86 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off0001459d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1459D 10828 bytes
SHA-256: 49cbf7dd284ccd2f7c0b7d983f22d0c019ea2a782802cd5c7e8d4aba2f60d09c