Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f68fc88aab9d9d77…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-07-28 05:54:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 7ea942dddd4f3a92cfaf179fef73a47c SHA-1: 6fc9f702eb2287df28b6eb0bc326131c3c0c5a76 SHA-256: f68fc88aab9d9d77940fbdd15d722301db8deaf7cb187f8ea18c1dc2ad4835be
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 0.9912

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://carlojans.com/cms/file/24808184505.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ruiguoex.com/upfile/files/2021/06/13/defulakabep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac4bfe2e959---matotilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jjmassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d48726a48d9dae41477e16e482c519e2/wuzob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deltastal.ru/userfiles/file/borinovikoxuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/61082177717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iqla6pln9vbeqcg2ashabofbl5/59556345244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/jipodowegosetokafewil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3065da822e---46455835170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085fbb115676---17045435957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c909ee85fae---75463914335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marmaraisg.com/images_upload/files/80479893427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://championshipsportsrings.com/clients/23492/File/74374312115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8dc48d69fa976c969feb473ff56b2048/pifajotawisupafaweluxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cz-synergy.cz/data/file/81550454233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blpest.com/UserFiles/file/fewiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agiusfuneraldirectors.com/files/file/zezeroleropezizewonit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmp-familienanzeigen.de/cms/files/welit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fst-uinsu.net/userfiles/files/mupabuwotemerogepavowela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fonnepal.org/userfiles/file/wetalibuviloginitomik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072a6628df59---buwizisopumevedotoseti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608252b5dd9ef---gavusap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ckmusicdesign.nl/userfiles/file/pilafuvotezebojuwedowedub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canvasations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2g6gu7323cth1ift4ageq3gqa4/31782482359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ayurvedaemart.com/uploads/file/konutepenamijemopoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c14ca0c758e---gojesixatasimitopojotat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=mht+cet+2010+question+paper+with+solution+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000e041.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE041 11336 bytes
SHA-256: 085beb397a9ca2fcfcf217ab2ca6b8a59ab9e40da303bc6a6c936abd1555d5ec
font_01_sfnt_off0000fad5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAD5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000112e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112E7 17084 bytes
SHA-256: 95f96af30d3799b9a3a57e42224f879835c002dca74dce4fba3661b7b845ad72