Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1756d2f8d5562f07…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 22:00:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 7f56233bdcc94ee602a024c854169d22 SHA-1: 1dd9f66d43797c15d65d90a7fac90f07d3343eda SHA-256: 1756d2f8d5562f076fde6f2fd65a296fcef9b187bf52e769717f6947183c5b2b
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 0.9973

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.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a7bec393e6---daxelafajebesibixefa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://hunglivet.com/uploads/files/202108151050429713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161255721cc1d8---62849915951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607778dc566c2---gizupugoroxiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9779c240c9---jetaloboriwax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nesemlak.com/test/images/uploads/files/74910843877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612cbab4db138---nitusipepizumatinuvaxewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honyi.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/file/50407171385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ehc1on9lhi6kvgs1itv52b6rs7/82678921879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makassitools.com/userfiles/file///jafibinigaposutedaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vaness-sens.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75365453482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megaprestige.ru/uploads/files/83566090794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161134700b770c---rekebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://murito.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71050340331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cdfa43e4f8---digirixoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/318dd3a0235bb906d04872a28218aaa6/93964422182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j9sd0cdv28jlbghk3mdv9aolg5/xutepoduzoludozexamow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rcvizovice.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gubufubizuboxolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c894e29373f3ecacf1788bad86cdf24d/senijitejidedubirokunevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tatnhapkhau.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gawupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160eca6c7848e0---46505133763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbb7e7a09de---xunagasigolofujibajogifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c42f0601624---42911031512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yeosingol.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210616_27206C4B1F8175D8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=concrete+and+abstract+nouns+worksheet+6th+gradePDF 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_off0000ccdb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCDB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e4ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4ED 16296 bytes
SHA-256: cf273fba899620b5f32f5577e7d6e29d35a220f2fbd01a63e1b49d8926bea736
font_02_sfnt_off00010ee8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EE8 11128 bytes
SHA-256: 85832344b9a6ae129cd84084edf8c0ac6a80bb5c0378672cd515068f65fd06b2