Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 05102409d7f83e12…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-08-04 01:19:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-23
MD5: 1aecd2adb1ad7847cd720d4f3801d15d SHA-1: e35e9464259c8c24d3992a54a447bddb75c72f8d SHA-256: 05102409d7f83e12202b1124565892d3b2f8e849a3e332bd3781c8a3ddf2678d
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 0.9985

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=maths+olympiad+sample+papers+for+class+3+free+download PDF link annotation
    • https://on-call-anatomist.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11482281844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wenxuezj.com/images/File/56605721602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1b879d03d2---70416953578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc75513e1ef3e3aa98011f4bb279d8e9/tadematap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb57d5558fc---19050246753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ural-kip.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/givagumawoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jmtours.co/aym_image/files/87425608711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c63212f029e---xudosunizaxukexib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qfuse.it/images/uploaded_files/ckfinder/files/1626637983_3c01a2e527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zzhqhi.com/d/files/jusowibibeximarakudemejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aep-tc.com/cache/fck_files/file/netewogupexajujojifufizum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c57294aad5c---fanunezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082187fc4966---derini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d45b6d62a3---50501573551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7ed9585950---90683753685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hostessima.pl/userfiles/file/52877744765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609eec48ed79c---gubirimosezoliko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://01host.ru/userfiles/files/45739904389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vantaibactrungnam.vn/upload/files/18822659183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab0115b2d74---8614496272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jajugroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zonilimunes.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_off0000e8f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8F5 17652 bytes
SHA-256: 42455f2734182b9ce398892a4f3953a62a2c42209f69629963641d42a0f98818
font_01_sfnt_off000116d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116D2 11248 bytes
SHA-256: 03b105ca3689fcabc68486ffb5ee4bb2ed2fd782f935603d0b4bc8ad81ed843e
font_02_sfnt_off00013121.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13121 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1