Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 10f2f40d1dfce968…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-08-09 20:27:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 5e7cc3358c58db4c617cc393b25ca6ae SHA-1: 3738435a3fe41e0380a1026a815f0fe9fda92c6c SHA-256: 10f2f40d1dfce9688522500169c5547ac0637f7373537caf77a0876b4a9163e2
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 0.9944

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 http://thedreams.cz/files/59614740812.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbbcb00d2eb7aa3a9941d528b5acd3b7/9968860781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isosklo.cz./uploads/36280047472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/624e468d17bff5dd9050b2f852fc5c95/13671755559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pianoinprimopianofestival.com/uploads/file/32821579480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mosvag.ru/img/lib/file/tevujub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ibyservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08f53f5243b818b7650ec9f7aeaa1865/kudovotimawixafuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f98b263e56a---45327012313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strap.sk/uploads/file/lasesagobufaduwob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://presssimayeshahr.ir/pic/file/89735392485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1a7df01f6a---33681336586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chronicles.ae/userfiles/files/15163346780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ci47ndq83d7dpr71tdvt8btns4/5128242936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunrui-ti.com/d/files/54032488460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb91a76b76860c6f5e746ca6426bcc97/40364367869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fe21bfa044f---pevubafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca41d4bf64---5713803959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenue102.com/uploads/file/feladukegonuwix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fly.no1-yes.com/userfiles/file/55313217338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b707a61d7a1243fb6eed6e47897fba66/sadotako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korytnica.net/data/files/nofedowole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://branchennachweis.eu/userfiles/file/folekelekojevegoduwirup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klinikoral.com/img/userfiles/files/60836710863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dc87183f81---fidutimapexebajadafepigaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jjohj0hhhm8fvfall2tc44lbs3/muwawajuwurumorurotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o193giait9g9uuf3cr29o0vb8n/5799486511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=perfect+english+grammar+present+simple+present+continuous+exercisesPDF 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_off0000dd90.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD90 11132 bytes
SHA-256: 2b8957ed12a6b2c534cff3e5426fed286bd5b2be3e6f9d7a80020f9e52ac57f9
font_01_sfnt_off0000f768.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF768 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010f7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F7A 17980 bytes
SHA-256: 19d4b646f05f1fca93c7a83180323354579b1c0e88c421dfda7d9648035bd05d