Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 faced0f9d6eee35c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.4 KB Created: 2021-07-31 15:30:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-23
MD5: 9ca1f7f11e043c99de0de57f31727c58 SHA-1: 511ac28d73ad0e66bf97de55cafb3f26b7bcc6fb SHA-256: faced0f9d6eee35c5701030236416ebae2326dc0234ffe083d286137a8dfa4bf
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 0.9970

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://blackhorsesc.pl/userfiles/file/ramosowarevek.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jaqalsports.com/files/file/sujerenofug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinaconexmec.vn/uploads/news_file/febawipedop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikailang.net/userfiles/file/20210508125727_1353716936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bec56af1e15---5415864682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c008a1bd2da---49112416027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alihuata.com/userfiles/file/5815159921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phyllisrubensteinlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/15428882864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cravaluos.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59588605938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dla-pracownika.pl/pliki_user/File/vabudakep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0601f2b2db4b4ab15d5bc9217ad81a4c/kurozoxij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hirurgija.me//files/8416344190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ed-web.cz/userfilesfile/23300489024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/184hgl89dtr6spiiq461ecr5fr/mezijelipozobija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sistemagestiondpr.com/userfiles/file/14397404996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pirkitpadangas.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33318197020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o8ujcqg49kcu475b2g7rstlcvo/4060835262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8750b50f28---52183304104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thueotodn.com/uploads/image/files/67828236226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-4/20210604151946699253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160908b05a68d4---busugezawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4c05a9818ad26e2f953bc5a516fc070/20321585417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://temple.mo/userfiles/file/gedulumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icmasistemas.com/userfiles/files/2642515747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bajcsidavidfoto.com/_user/file/raveseguwejufozipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+build+a+schedule+in+microsoft+projectPDF 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_off0000fab8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAB8 17232 bytes
SHA-256: 8d99b8ff51093f88aab0454a5e8276db268213e41ca15037be222ff3a2f1a4e1
font_01_sfnt_off000127de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127DE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013ff5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FF5 11332 bytes
SHA-256: 3f7ae4d5bae202ec547619276c03402bc4af312c5d1770bc1bdeb2796c8fd5eb