Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 197a632fd5602ee3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.0 KB Created: 2021-08-15 06:22:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: f0185dfbbfd5bbfaa9e6d9db7d355da3 SHA-1: d1eed09e9c0641c7377b466ddec73434de24eefc SHA-256: 197a632fd5602ee3fac4105cf1a3e91ad5f12492bd9fa2134edd52fdadb9928e
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 0.9970

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=html+w3schools+pdf+free+download PDF link annotation
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097daf5be6d1---zejer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16107281eca5e2---48961471527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goozzl.com/userfiles/files/zikomevivuduvitexetegoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pianoinprimopianofestival.com/uploads/file/wasenivesasanigowufan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmhu.eu/uploads/uplib/file/konepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ae9d4432a6252a52ce731960373b88b/62232216572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16114974044a21---13502577142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dirabrealtors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085a45e1d614---84138090306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a40973e200b---nagopajadirumutogupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gerocuki.hu/user/file/21539816439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sukaunited4d.vip/contents//files/dipizikufuwolatilale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/76596250110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prunay-en-yvelines.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67180872738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611124edc522f---wipopop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starlightcelebre.com/clients/4/43/43e9139217482d7666ce300faf566241/File/fipiwaxekexifiwikoxuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://videoacceso.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b95c9d3f80f---31308607835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e0db1a1778d---72925126761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiaato.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210811_956795E248C564FC.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080e8f729d36---riragexewetumojis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/thhnvv71ui0vjnc631cej487d6/gumusademek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perleyparish.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa9c35093b8f78bf565927d1b20ea3eb/jidemifusojadased.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1e633d89d8---64485552657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://invest.pl/userfiles/file/fexeleka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twfern.org/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210618112218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d672970f3c---12488477664.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_off000100c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100C5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000118d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118D7 18200 bytes
SHA-256: 5c71254cea2501983309f375d4c110873d6a32b86a2734ba07d698527644c150
font_02_sfnt_off000148da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x148DA 11040 bytes
SHA-256: 7e461f39194e68878d61b91f2482da50b907c026d9077b618d5a8e45634022af