Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f8b7e512cbfe5585…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.8 KB Created: 2021-09-11 22:46:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-24
MD5: 660cf66b9b965b01119c98c360c5f416 SHA-1: 95671682f078ff07d924c3709cc3e0e709c1a6b4 SHA-256: f8b7e512cbfe55857c120c9cfa53afdb9ae2233a00c6bd225f60592a19ed59ab
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://eastoncn.housemember.com/uploads/files/32585328682.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://1877painters.com/FCKeditor/file/suwifinosujopajumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sweethomedelivery.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/16666414033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613085195328b---meloxatinofaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hatowo.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/gitid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ski-experience-japan.com/images/blog/file/jazivenege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rcvizovice.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/burumixeduzixakix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cplastik.net/data/cms/file/46493755380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkorphotographyguide.com/userfiles/file/nukegegadatij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lotteppta.net/beta/assets/file/75496284176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trips-in.com/ckupload/files/pigij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polresseluma.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/44006034843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oo7j8cdvo7q4bhpi3gqe14683a/xaluse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://firesystem.ro/imagini_ws/43750976963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canadapremiumlubes.com/survey/userfiles/files/71142843871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613848da734cb---75253523558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgyscom.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-2/20210902104453356329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.willmarareachamber.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/riduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e1aaafipco3bk8gra3b.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/file/jimakuwatudaved.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b503003fe6f9756e3bc8f78bebe4330/27103185662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=quantitative+aptitude+by+rs+agarwal+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_off0000cd2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD2F 11120 bytes
SHA-256: 5fdbcc8a8ff3b141ee06c3e649fbbd01a9fda676ce46d6e4e0fab042a126ea16
font_01_sfnt_off0000e703.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE703 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff15.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF15 18092 bytes
SHA-256: fff2177c8b7b44c1f2949c37a29dd9a6abacce4b5864e8c8ecf5ad6682ae1247