Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1df4fa9b19a78941…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.7 KB Created: 2021-07-08 13:49:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 821ab6c44b0af9e84ff8ee138a172d63 SHA-1: 4c2a9925be3bb6a31848a61fa9686c2e7faa77db SHA-256: 1df4fa9b19a789417311a6cab71c6a0011de280cb1e4cfdb5886635756109428
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

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 0.9993

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://www.themixchange.com/userfiles/files/34958429402.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sewakendragroup.com/userfiles/file/33676841990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rehahomecare.com/upload/editor/files/20694723159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ngb5nd4i7io0ret9lkuce3pptn/pepin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brandonsmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91fgod4osov0db1ke68m0o7q41/zameb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb4e8344958---34867041925.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://mm-podium.ro/userfiles/file/xedukivumebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aacecac9fee---zixedisalisajem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://northmarking.com/userfiles/files/zaleraf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3e2d857136---41288696437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.multigacos.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/woxukepuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://statsale.com/data/upload/ck/files/596513069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/jajigizusofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080a3c2b1de5---jasoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosegik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f08fb54929d7e19ed0d66708f84e85c9/zubolekogurubotezuxaruwum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baschin-heizung.com/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/womaxobowos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wccia-vastu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b32cb300d6314fb18e3884ff3936bbf8/95083688379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smilepaper.tw/archive/upload/files/vasomuwuzakuwunukufos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be14f1a6143---muwidemunamepisubileluzuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160741e7f890cd---45480824364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=columbia+county+property+recordsPDF 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_off0000d0b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0B9 16708 bytes
SHA-256: f949fd1a4d351df28cbeb5f53c10727e32ed16d1f586b094c23d7d81b3995452
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC25 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001143c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1143C 11060 bytes
SHA-256: 2c6b0fabfe1eb2462e8d88dd235b1bfa0764bdd4b8e1d698d2cd32c2dddcc1f1