Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 289558f20aa71776…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.7 KB Created: 2021-09-03 10:59:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: aecf349e12676629becc12fce729f532 SHA-1: eddc89d6f6ac89c3db9b00cfcd405b8893e5b93e SHA-256: 289558f20aa71776601ae24cecd4cfe783acf06b9ea6cecde6babf8c9794423d
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 0.9978

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://xn--90aoj0agf7cq.xn--p1ai/uploads/files/13647451582.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cef165c5dbd---tedex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c167c2e1697---dorurodidebavezonuxugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://355353.ru/userfiles/file/60079668893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sztarmedia.hu/_user/file/21056374086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ginzaoakland.com/uploads/files/37725143464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariaalbese.eu/userfiles/files/nimoxuwevas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6dc09bdfbc---87580019080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17f4bcbbf42bc251cf3b1ba08e5bc044/23612461963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/566d13e6b197c23b73508e61990a7271/28949949949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agentcctv.com/userfiles/file/23102880650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://innovaciones-plasticas.com/imagenes_cont/sitio/documentos/gipigafovafilowomab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d89cad5700bf609c53dbe3e8c5e251e/kifexuwitunutuwuvibetufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://porpora.eu/imagenes/imagenes_contenidos///63225075132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d05117d412e---bolowebojedefes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607854ac5becb---neluwefix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajaunited.com/contents//files/sofuzesezep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caf-ljubljana.si/docs/kugudisibepujobunewiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sskj.pl/userfiles/file/22615097123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hartwellcook.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/343d70b461d7cba55e8c03d03fa277fa/kaxemumalepopuxababudipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1o8ujj1gboa73i0sm2vn0povd3/dexejepudutasewatup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fine-trading-knotwork.com/uploads/media/89533175988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071a17d7cec7---wazemubulubovusinedaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=introduction+to+mechatronics+appukuttan+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000ccc8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCC8 11112 bytes
SHA-256: 05676af531e3bf9c83f680396883b292f018aae2079e2f271af0315fb45aaca7
font_01_sfnt_off0000e68d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE68D 17692 bytes
SHA-256: bde8778402abd87f9597665728bd4a256cfe103dcdae7e2bda95af5839bcd555
font_02_sfnt_off000114aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114AA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1