Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2d454f4c10177f29…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-05 05:55:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: ca6c76488ff04879e24a05fe1b1d40da SHA-1: 8ad153c5ba97db2ad855288a57193df9c78d568c SHA-256: 2d454f4c10177f29783372426e25715d405afbc84d3b5d54ecaf0d1c65d6495c
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 0.9833

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://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c36fb482251---34946820002.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sm.ac.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13415143945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flygarfield.net/userfiles/file/38521646660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae4jl69l6o8llv3ifeffkq82gk/6414261795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbabaajmdfbk3ddf3azka3b6a2r.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/purubedag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://communeouchamps.fr/userfiles/file/putazamepuviromedesupuset.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animalscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/3506220886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoakhanh.vn/uploads/image/files/wofojur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sklepjola.pl/userfiles/file/jezuzafetixitetekovop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhhs78.org/clients/63854/File/54218787850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/user_data/image//file/55336050463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faresaldabbous.com/uploads/files/jowigawotirubolefuxiwes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://catherine-massage.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63267971681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vstarmp.cn/upload/files/20210619_184949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brincandoeaprendendo.com/fotosempresa/files/77810199119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purifoy2020.com/clients/1/11/118d8b7ee1ea4bab8fb19da95c56260f/File/sadidujojedujevinaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a05640a53d---4439874771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scvumaichiramen.com/uploads/files/rapodasiwenepib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alnahamgroup.com/userfiles/file/15533784174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finances-canada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8bc5372f8e24f4b0a13ca8765533b7f/lalekobilizov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chuyennhakienvangvn.net/upload/files/36355231243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ecad6b6aed4---kumipekefowomerotekigin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dcoderesearch.com/uploads/mumuferatonazogeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavalnerina.it/userfiles/file/71671536842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tbo2tefcm6ohltkuqm0f5n3u02/dufufavelitididibadejevaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qataminational.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/88394339362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bona-agra.pl/Upload/file/fisofadumonasexajij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=entrepreneurship+development+books+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_off0000da0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA0E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f220.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF220 17612 bytes
SHA-256: 07edc00777fbff77c7c04e865a1f3a5ba776605c4cd00e3f91b7624a41fa859b
font_02_sfnt_off00011f48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F48 10984 bytes
SHA-256: df5bdcf60acaa7d834d897d7f9a727e1fe02592ad269d095720dee1333e82c4f