Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f38b5ffa135db781…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-07-07 01:42:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 695c8101565124bba930fcf3355c61b1 SHA-1: 705cb016d760d7040d30025d16ad58d74eed83bd SHA-256: f38b5ffa135db78157caf259c840dd2e65e11acdabf5b6925b8e79f406e646e1
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 https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160845d22d8126---32912214971.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://shellserva.nl/docs/Image/file/36124862518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bettaletroom.com/file_media/file_image/file/wiboxopazerisek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://awlights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e21cb4ea65c7c7ab13d85621907be5f9/62407055927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dijladentalcenter-qa.com/userfiles/file/tofuvenaferus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b41d997e5ad---43518038591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6palbunn3l5fe10hv72smbj0l3/taxogijesumebubifojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607072205fded---60467290571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxtarget.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nilolexexupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weeb.nu/userfiles/file/sonifulunima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gtlmarinefuel.com/userfiles/file/zolasixebisezofuzatemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/134f1a019369c816b06125d936443f28/65108380505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086542bb7f47---vinenetus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab6299f1c81---69390748224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dbb10ade29---28929774863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f34fa9abc4---40884719141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cngwalk.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/mowabebidenarewuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a326b4c1840---dowexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a143ee4f27b---31772363376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a54c2fd3993---fexiwinanomodubar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanipacific.com/attachment/file/52981795890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d47fe3c87e---tunoxulotovirelobogozari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loyallcanada.ca/editor_files/file/jupirene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=korean+picture+dictionary+free+download+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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ea56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA56 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001026d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1026D 10736 bytes
SHA-256: d0ca5fafcb5591286c6f1b64d48412d9c0a1a1570e2aba0eed745b72816923f7
font_02_sfnt_off00011b3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B3C 2200 bytes
SHA-256: 72c6fefe76efe8d1ea5edd97f60f587dadbcc3b8caef00fd26fab84b47407886
font_03_sfnt_off000124ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124EA 18256 bytes
SHA-256: fb261722dfba8fd7870b5439fdab6426787837c4ec986855e798925bb8f9e638