Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3ea4dc52d96b9c5c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.9 KB Created: 2021-07-30 01:14:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: e03adc3cebd0a59d653093f53a09fd59 SHA-1: 12d4aa26f868fb7bf0324ef8ea4451d54c65bfa6 SHA-256: 3ea4dc52d96b9c5c93224a9204c5cc4b9b71d6d7038ef7b1ede23a6ec24ef51c
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 0.9994

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://marinapogon.pl/upload/file/17838595877.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec4b044cd61---nezinuzopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rowanfamilyreunion.com/clients/28915/File/26437432193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.propper-droppers.nl/files/file/5874968079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gimenezricarte-deltabogados.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30400334775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dhf-china.com/d/files/mukagas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3976049ee082f32925fcc60263034051/28829012246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seashoresilverlabradors.com/clients/4/48/482fd9669fb3260065120a60ccac5e48/File/59767204033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f5fcb2a534---fajonuxorafazakabosurut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fisioterapiasuzzara.it/userfiles/files/84379429781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcelasemper.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c46da214d7---tixubiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arte-salon.ru/upload_picture/38114335243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azseal.net/uploads/userfiles/file/pudapeforowugasapopokirag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607594e0b1cce---44317269855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theleadershipworks.com/PO2/UPFILE/userfiles/files/26922665287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sudaff.com/pics/file/numejuwerabozemizaxabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotechike.com/files/files/munuwapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078eec4da398---30478469762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puzynowska-kancelaria.com/userfiles/file/48342120903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/510431cd07d02f226e190ff8da53ce1d/wekizupudopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saito-ken.jp/userdata/file/66422176259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://networkinglikepro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99428673298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=after+effects+template+3d+logo+animation+v2+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_off0000caaa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCAAA 16664 bytes
SHA-256: 7cbd01cc49fcc3f201016d5a61388d5808130909219fae1759d779ea0f0cc669
font_01_sfnt_off0000f64b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF64B 11388 bytes
SHA-256: 7cc05486ee82d72f9248a6b0b632924d5fb46e46822cd7e2a621f7763efa6f32
font_02_sfnt_off00011113.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11113 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1