Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fbd5968e624d7c40…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-08 22:37:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: e1dbf51f33c34d435dd1b163d0540e49 SHA-1: 156fe7f41c3da040a965b9f4ae1e4fd897550bb2 SHA-256: fbd5968e624d7c4084158a9af66a8ee5afd55122863a041bc933a4becdadfff4
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 0.9977

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.wappa.com.au/siteadmin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35960676538.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cbdc.co/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/molanux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mis.nrru.ac.th/gradjournal/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30776674921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcos-eff.it/userfiles/files/bexomuwufezet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://techielingo.com/fck_uploads/files/29188015829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://virtualpulse.eu/UserFiles/file/dusazebomulumodemenam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--3bsx3iw22bmot.com/filespath/files/20210905082624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132b434979f2---nisajifivowole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7fe06ec986ec7b180bb7e989b934c7e/58716030837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mbzl-pro.xyz/web/img/podborky/files/20117084024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://printrun.nl/userfiles/files/99466707787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161384212343af---74625240366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dotykbylinky.sk/_subory/subory/68602841961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harnettcountyhba.com/userfiles/file/13677043402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miyagi.chi-kara.net/Upload/files/tubakanoziralufogivem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oasishs.com/uploads/files/20210907_192928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jr.ac.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5349424293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161315ca473df3---moxepazozuworunapipiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161353e3b88e8c---gepubomimulonafokumip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a2kat.ru/userfiles/file/xowapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mybizwebsites.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612e99bddc2ec---53259669496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cocoal.com/uploads/file/35370019854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kindytennis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130527f6ef1a---piwefetogitujeperogefomud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=sand+excavator+truck+simulator+game+download+mod+apkPDF 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_off0000da49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA49 11380 bytes
SHA-256: 74a5f4671031b11d360450e9e176452b76dc59f96fd05257ced760749bdfe834
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4F6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010d08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D08 17272 bytes
SHA-256: 9b1c6f145c56044660b46ce3f1d1260a3e2d44ee5f33b72b521bd045c9cb3262