Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3a4cb66aa04c20da…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-09-04 08:25:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 59e4f1c0ed3426de2ec3cec61d46ff83 SHA-1: 15f5b1f2c3cd78163c5a5317ddf31e588b77424b SHA-256: 3a4cb66aa04c20daa0f24a7d0ff43d5d56d754e6945304e561e34709afcd3cee
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://hongshengfish.com/uploadfiles/2021083110150817602.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.harasportcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7mv6pe2d47gdvibp9k98nplaa/dated.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161323df49584a---30579008497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://osakadentalcare.com/contents//files/24202240058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isleford.com/filespath/files/20210822061308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.agcontraincendios.es//ckfinder/userfiles/files/makuwajomudawuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orbitsecurity.qa/pro_mvp_tech/uploads/file/sagetamarufutinigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2j5v5ta5dltihs0n5t41pr6r7/77576966867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kymenhome-etsinta.net/tiedostot/files/95098274262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progettarecasa.com/userfiles/files/45049713155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phoenixknights.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/867b7f6a2b044b189be65c336784ffa9/ziretibisokadozakamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cck-brno.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2766215982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f6894dc254b---vipirirazusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avstralianature.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pujanamojimiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acecaalcoy.com/userfiles/file/34886889378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gldbirdgel.com/user_img/files/90235048506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://short-story.ru/upload/file/kutomajeteneven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086aa50b7abb---wirotidasolulofenunitip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szentistvanpatika.hu/upload/file/52040990323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.actionconstructionjax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbc76509fe98d9161469f14c94f52f68/48184505110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087a0417675e---tibifibixodagepifidise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucarrorentacar.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74137765230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38bf95149cbbd38179b673364d3661be/kazepevemitipevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ad5dea0aad---63102028561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=maharashtra+state+board+11th+science+books+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_off0000cc40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC40 11080 bytes
SHA-256: d1219c51c1a99546ecad68c2ef0db8faa3ce2839ea0d8e255f21cf4f5fe5c78e
font_01_sfnt_off0000e5e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5E2 19168 bytes
SHA-256: de01e6b505843676dd4fe56d01cca30e379b91680ca2b3735077d901e5ece682
font_02_sfnt_off000118b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118B0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1