Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fbb92862624b7abf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.1 KB Created: 2021-07-31 22:34:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 49501edb8389283cc7e7874cbccf8da7 SHA-1: d099db408a95b94d63bb0e9560f33db2b220b9e0 SHA-256: fbb92862624b7abf5aa152fe0ec1bed33cd634cd92703dd128886e43c017a36d
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1071.001 Web Protocols

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a security-bypass lure. 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 0.9989

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Security software disable instruction high SE_SECURITY_BYPASS
    Document instructs the user to disable antivirus or security software — unusual for ordinary documents and high-risk in an unsolicited file
  • 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://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089e52e426c3---65605273589.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://jjmassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08841a4cd009ab4417283dbb472e2fbb/wuzokinazabakevadubuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rosabaum.de/web/editor/files/22956850023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fqcycpa.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210722122200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tropo-design.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lomavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinhthuan.asia/upload/files/fuposativarekixezezes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbe41abbecb---legufelunikasepigudopur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlastoursntravels.com/userfiles/file/gopub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf3b436a3dc---78339366595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.taimaobi.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zimifibiragok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kamerton.nl/clientfiles/vubipeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vikingpaint.com/user_file/file/66422449639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alltechsro.cz/files/20645813326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gernano.eu/gfx/userfiles/files/zagumutizagis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birminghamseaholmclass63.com/clients/75362/File/25590952405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa92655c77e---kawewumewel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tlp63lpv28nf22pfk2o2iq7lo6/vekomejuporodijosonogenik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isdoor.ru/uploads/files/rujemevenewivofixusodogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160859f8d61b3e---51843764604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emilymillerlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/50946135278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607204cc6a341---janixajatoxuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3u29ee31pi4g3vpmv6i4j84qh4/guvutowusuvoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plnjl.com/userfiles/files/wedifebazazevawalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmusicfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vmef762v2lpkqnafqp4ebtv2pt/60266796176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+download+techstream+in+5+minutesPDF 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_off0001029e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1029E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011ab0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AB0 19428 bytes
SHA-256: 3c02372f95909e611e85b30ca04a23459807a97129b96bbda7c400fd6b445215
font_02_sfnt_off00014cb0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14CB0 10944 bytes
SHA-256: ff010bc83461214998613eab1168a7201aabaf9894acfeaf5fc17e2acf9998e0