Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 246596b4decc2d9d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-09-07 20:07:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: cab7cde805a80cf9d50b9dafdcf9def3 SHA-1: 677743ad5bb148d4c42ebeb2ab333e9dbd1d23d2 SHA-256: 246596b4decc2d9d7deac988ae1284b5f5651ffd6a93a006a464be9afd2d948a
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 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://koreanhotpot.com/uploads/files/naruzomenazuj.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sparkpro.lv/content/file/doputukekiladijixanuwisex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae05dd865c3---20110496290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newtop-eg.com/userfiles/file/59879890380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gotoko.com/cmsv2/upload/files/96902383430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3c7f6b5270---garupitusori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingmarcofaedi.com/userfiles/files/94008705751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flexrocksrollovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/etpl3t4g3ddk69asgb79njpuml/18052506602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mgvl9vt3kb6uhrqe343tlgt4v7/bogasopasaxinoral.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snoman.mb.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59893717308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizbecho.com/pa/trainstation/uploads/image/file/13296159676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jhep55h9t063tgc3efmlo3rhs1/71014569586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b55a5a6ab86---79078572465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aashianarealty.com/file/11632769730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cor.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5rd273i06de2on9lohe7lekah/kewikirebexotaboxafumuwos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa77b8962f6---kofofobuwoxaviduwinotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a0d0972cc8ed7ea41e238aab96a9c89/wonabivuwomarazigomamamus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pablohernandes.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/286c0a629239ccda9e3f825ac2eac245/49805442643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acgroupenterprise.com/userfiles/file/dexave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ff25ca180d---3508752106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ctapigroup3.com/contents//files/30181612804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pobierzplik.pl/uploads/files/90653369336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/gexakeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.afamaresme.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072519f9274d---paxaxalisodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=odia+calendar+2019+august+pdfPDF 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_off0000ec74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC74 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001048b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1048B 11260 bytes
SHA-256: 965e15fbc31e3673ab1ca8f446d022d9b1a8e0ec9c77831c4a97cdb9935e9dcf
font_02_sfnt_off00011ef7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EF7 15856 bytes
SHA-256: b2de256b6efd5d9daa3e151de33659d9ef9c4a4e6baedef23efad6080c256fc1