Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1785412e8845464b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.4 KB Created: 2021-09-02 19:11:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: a6630de43ff28421a3c9afe1824d7368 SHA-1: 3d6fd10ae5d5780038e16b77b4d9ab0cc31decd8 SHA-256: 1785412e8845464bb1d08ccf63d9616ad3db5fc4ef5aba3551b73d5ca2a6174d
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 0.9969

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=salamander+maths+subtraction+worksheet+generator PDF link annotation
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe0ibh9fclg23lr8cedbgk4k12/pixavubabatubesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casaperferiesantamariagoretti.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/bezidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pilonidalsinus.gen.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160700f98957c1---bufefozedutozivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d68be4701fa---lomopeguropusejanapefedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anclupnapoli.it/userfiles/file/nozigevegivanolawalux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skoleniridicu-online.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40767637323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://efficimm.fr/userfiles/files/moguroruredawedakivoruriw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanipacific.com/attachment/file/fojamamaxeduxat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nfc-lampang.com/user_img/files/wuzovanesejekozigemabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lebo1977.com/clients/7/7f/7f96701a3ad848a090446b6ea7dc17b1/File/sidipuvefume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pollackmihalyiskola.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jitopuxoxizida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radio6deenero.com/uploaded/files/22647212052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africanhairbraidingsalon.com/userfiles/file/42322101116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6b7896eedb---68481383744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iuubapsogfai3qge8su85b8pg0/14385157359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://migger.dk/userimages/file/59208162406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxtarget.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xidowisisap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esz.jp/img/editor/files/83996481747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hv2barrier.com/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wisaxewatuwixuruxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085e55a393e2---warowuzaroxiwidelebir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0985028898.kad.tw/kads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26886832955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ph789.com/pinhsuan/files/file/82151482623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosegik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25b5349be0b3805efd204dabe521dc67/lorufoso.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_off00010d9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D9D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000125af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125AF 18412 bytes
SHA-256: c925dbbc13843bccd82e8ec64831b19981bef2bd731cebf718155699f18ad6f7
font_02_sfnt_off00015564.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15564 11308 bytes
SHA-256: f76a4486c51124d4b884ac23b99943af381623361c31ab594297c209a912090c