Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0225b07131b4bde3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 11:25:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-23
MD5: 5c0f3add657fa905b2c05ee54d8e8a6f SHA-1: 7741de049567bc00a9a1c62d15b85c89cda838b2 SHA-256: 0225b07131b4bde39d645014887fbc7de4f07e29ea799c4c5f046a45b243dd36
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 0.9975

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=fluid+power+engineering+book+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://tieuhocsongphuong.hoaiduc.edu.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36096271023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608551fc8c6b6---46297835939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mastersequipments.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xexoroji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f16e6b0cbc---mobedigomaxafavafujex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c973db6cf49---lasokaposodebovoruvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c1987c7400bd1c6a16772e25c49b8ad/jijigekonodolitez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://9262895.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sodusegivozalaximifiguba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lienlacanien.com/img_pages/file/14804555714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160fdcfdb9c42b---sutuzawopazuxavitoxewow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160859d95519d7---44279347873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rzn-house.ru/upload/file/lepariwojupazububusowata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saam.vn/images/content/file/28508039527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://channeloflove.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7198566420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgd42.ru/userfiles/file/ketulofizozofolutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dooleysnaturalgas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/punipamiropuxozirukumoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083598ecef06---75263086763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinczeandlaszlo.com/upload/76185338226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160947cda92f41---51953717722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipsyclinic.com/userfiles/file/20210522235559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rufullthrottle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d9f17d3a65---84490069074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playerpress.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vituruweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc0d807171e---81559803502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robertfeinberglaw.com/images/edit_images/file/vujuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.winsum.frl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4811119392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hrjok.com/uploadfile/file/bebogewazedejotubanize.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_off0000d766.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD766 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef78.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF78 17676 bytes
SHA-256: 326fba4dfe72d6ec84da26a18644bca83c439e0a9f9be6e89c44ff26d442538d
font_02_sfnt_off00011d5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D5E 10640 bytes
SHA-256: 88cfb8d2ed5f3fca2508841ee80428c6b84c4fa980d857f2c33bea30fe5175b8