Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f08ebf8c5bcffc99…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 23:28:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 8d08a1a9a059606030375787d296ea7f SHA-1: 396a026afa20cc8e7e46b01c96820aa105b76a25 SHA-256: f08ebf8c5bcffc99a254446005273afed2b3a731686edfdedf9503a549487b3a
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 0.9993

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://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q6nsefgq5r3eou59l5pirjujtl/3663899905.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kga-am-adlergestell-ev.de/kga/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57330400972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosplay-expo.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wovalojijerokem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d766f470219---lewujoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3wsystems.com/shipinc/userfiles/files/kanavokikiliji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tiemhoahaibara.com/data/dulieu/files/bavonusawebufizala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074cae1d681b---dijewebivosiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellina.pl/userfiles/file/45018767648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serwisnawigacji.pl/userfiles/file/10199007902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluza-shop.ru/content/File/20171892615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077da98b045d---xinupakala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f655654424---lopipomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://talk200.com/admin/admin/uploadfiles/file/gukud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af83188e333---92404604189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytopics.it/uploads/file/gefetojujubitawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qaf4ljd3qh9a4b08q0d8u5nv2f/32313045605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dyglas.com/userData/board/file/lefubaruvalenisupubuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://playeasypiano.com/resources/fck_images/91825817254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f1feccb832e---beperutomonosibive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30b1cdfd1385505010fdc804ce69bdc5/muxadadarofiwagiligutoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manualismedicina.hu/fileok/file/88684394123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viettranslators.com/webroot/img/files/43873462306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j1lv5ahj5apaq4dronul8uvg6i/80438419096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://argumentua.com/i/file/devedazexenujanula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=fifty+shades+of+grey+full+movie+online+hdPDF 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://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_off00010a23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A23 11060 bytes
SHA-256: 934a87318a8c73174ca66386803e634338d7f6ff5b423b74d8f264f9e4b51d94
font_01_sfnt_off0001237e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1237E 22340 bytes
SHA-256: 439514ae435909f92b7e236d94015e123d7608b662123fffc3a49481e25559a1
font_02_sfnt_off00015e31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15E31 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1