Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fd3b14b9e7778fcf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.5 KB Created: 2021-08-19 04:13:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: c9afef1f414d0c116fa08ddac23f3b5f SHA-1: aca5e16a013b39a804c49a0e46466fba49fddb19 SHA-256: fd3b14b9e7778fcf43d29fdf25ca075095d149e5956de3a681228a783c54c649
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

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, presents a deceptive download button and contains embedded JavaScript. 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
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=glencoe+mcgraw+hill+geometry+textbook+answer+key PDF link annotation
    • http://popeyebio.com/upload/files/bavot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laatjehuisweerstralen.nl/upload/file/93447743370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1a41827d51---95125655752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608839dc07327---82130189341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjmhospital.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67177082176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9c49fa55cae70a4992ea714eaf32fb5/tetuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soliangco.com/contents//files/29822203998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad9f67e419f---92945252498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4reality.cz/userfiles/files/makanejasukenux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eziblank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5djgj7jaubnp9t6s34js81erg3/sipekubufuxarixunudexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f54aed92b2---kulitilag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipsgroupjjn.org/userfiles/file/93844830493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ijktfafq168u9l1icgd1o6nlk6/2108117805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fb868312a3---pozipusevefiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077480746053---suxumofezodakevevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bc4a488787---5074917145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actaviaserica.org/board/file/files/nanozinametivuvibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3a5b6d96df9ee75a98164f215c5702e/geduwumas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchofgodinjamaica.org/app/webroot/files/vorurumitugogonofuzis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/23921787905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jordanadams.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7639919761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e7604c49ad---52840850543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infotechb2blite.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/vitupofudamoliru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00010f18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F18 11248 bytes
SHA-256: bdfa4b62076248ac5232c59bea6f1b77fa8354c6c50dc4f9ead72c531f37185b
font_01_sfnt_off00012960.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12960 20872 bytes
SHA-256: 03cf70f2f43b2863362bed1fe7c8a8a987fc523c6c7e6ae75cc766748f211792
font_02_sfnt_off00015f75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15F75 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1