Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1ec537249bcfdf80…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.3 KB Created: 2021-07-23 07:36:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: b4f5a142bb6ef5a569eb25b3a5fb3676 SHA-1: 43ae9ab8e0b894fdaf44a8b7ffbdad3e6ef17fae SHA-256: 1ec537249bcfdf80233989b29cbb4c4c3ae3eb1539686b6170f6398fc0cdfa37
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 0.9975

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 http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072e313022a9---10787616547.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609220c71ddbc---kisizejip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mywayrtk.info/userfiles/file/65463693085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-swiss.com/upload/userfiles/file/dirifanixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ff4ed93f50---40915605753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pethouse.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jifewur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrosteadycam.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc7809068d72edf77676e48a2606a7c7/davibakozaranasoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsg-edinstvo.ru/userfiles/file/wujobapefojubemixobire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607578a0c3a54---55081553026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malopolskiszlakwinny.pl/upload/File/60216005351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf8e31a2cbf---13853833983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080c8e8cf50a---12715292796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/853ovda942r4l8fd112m2vf4eb/77089990776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/62403908468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xahscw.com/userfiles/file/73880549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.varisistanbul.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073f1a744005---vimujabanurutalalufukutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8c07b77d5f---gukegidorotasetiboxij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domainecomps.com/documents/files/zubuvuzusesarunalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.freshstartdigitalmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e69b426aa3cbd66d78abc264b3c6c3a6/xukawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leinerpakgelatine.com/survey/userfiles/files/nazodovoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04bb502dee9d63bc00e4eec3f50bff72/55146937431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f98158a712---zudemonunulama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6e40c5059f---wozorakulilobikixini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bafiti.com/sklep/userfiles/file/wiwazegunafakun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=wh+word+exercisePDF 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_off0000d378.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD378 10236 bytes
SHA-256: b53467abd9e3691a1f1d02ddefd6e96b9bb17dd7dc2103fb872cfaf9443789e3
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA9D 17296 bytes
SHA-256: 8585f42342e82cc2aaae85044761e3439780968048181eb6149b9c7f37b4d252
font_02_sfnt_off000117bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117BC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1