Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ec48f8497a4353d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-08-09 19:00:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-23
MD5: b2b70dbf8d33ed2daa8ec7ba8a67169f SHA-1: 01b0cc879aea6b82039da9e118b5082cba95533a SHA-256: 2ec48f8497a4353d5a198ad912cdb86342772dfd4a6b5b593a88d77c8a4aba66
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 0.9976

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://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073e6754d204---67510824358.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://postelezmasivu-zlin.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mugut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturallymine-chicago.com/clients/867610/File/36595185288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fee45fd2e5eecb94a5e4955a1c4d86f0/88913587463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----9sbccjdbca7cyaieg1a3j.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59d7d37d7985db5d4e269958cdabfaf6/2578962792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ba7d102863---45570127078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aacb1745a2f---roxikedezudot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hyosungulf.com/uploads/file/rotoxivofaxemorajes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ddmlife.com/ckupload/files/65025271782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adarshvidhyasankul.org/userfilesfile/nujisaxuxumubawafuzunovav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078d120d2d94---77349776732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl-light.ru/design/img/upload/file/bukusavonel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamelove-zakryti.cz/userfiles/file/9922457759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.publicitymailing.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160722302b6b6d---wujubedimalupebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuha.be/_files/file/dukutemavaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saveurspoitoucharentes.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bodogeduxulizamujidomapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immodraft.de/images/architekten_agentur_images_/file/74578991854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brahmagnanam.org/fck_uploads/file/kivunefusakaborum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gentlemensquartersbarbershop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64251005f4d215b25637062a6a3d8383/lovosaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jbnlvtibg3qd4bc6dqp68d6d11/30517929283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betenrealestate.com/sites/default/files/file/64397539690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aggengr.com/uploads/CMS/file/kewenarelor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajitcoatings.com/uploads/55971503578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+update+my+kindle+paperwhitePDF 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_off0000f40e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF40E 10872 bytes
SHA-256: e2cd4c07a69548d57df9b4fc02dad36aa6b18c2e4f84632a752864a76084037f
font_01_sfnt_off00010cee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CEE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012500.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12500 17336 bytes
SHA-256: ccc470526b2208dfefe499d22fe2450de877ccbfe0c445a53d8c703eb77c0491