Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4149aa9189baafed…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.4 KB Created: 2021-08-01 11:41:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 08802058bb7756ac0065ad577a609d34 SHA-1: 02e4ea5233d10b9e2dad118c2d806e831017c303 SHA-256: 4149aa9189baafed3026bf7c577d81f2070b005f33ceb1b24cc0012de8d3f739
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

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 0.9936

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 https://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gazzaniga+ms+2018+psychological+science+6th+edition+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e902155c404---pezoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077899e5fd30---70245380124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b41d97d27a7aa8c68d3aa8d879101a0f/fonamuketelupibujosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agrobud.net/uploaded/file/pebebakaxikorekoduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hohsingfiber.com/ufiles/files/vafisinizigejevasuzito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gfow.om/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8hb2s9u2p32b42p2pvfkptatgt/jikexulugexativ.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/rodaxaxerevafuregep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wurbs-hanau.de/userfiles/file/52575900711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a73dc68605---fabadilitosize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senzedigicraft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b311baf6d82aa787f490b0fdf3843c25/10731396994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennycojewelry.com/userfiles/files/202106/1624237828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ivs1bvidgakor065rf4orlobe6/rirejabidafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coastalstudio.com/images/main/file/xirefapaniloliforozipek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/854060042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fca5d4a95ca---8490560367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098522ed114f---bopokabiwelemubusalis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portalcom-b2b.es/img/user///file/_0297337001619775180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.psalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4af93031c86dcff7f786537544ad390f/zevazuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geologicatoscana.eu/userfiles/files/68265428275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dohertylaw.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/liniwekesaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poltinik.ru/userfiles/file/mawugalixugozilobozovuvew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lordoptika.hu/files/files/98790492718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608349d89773b---82256458867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlspandoek.nl/userfiles/file/lobapinobizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49hl27nuueb3eg6icrnd9fm6rs/pamofavokoferiberog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://binhchuachay.info/Images_upload/files/zazoveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00011f57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F57 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001376e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1376E 11848 bytes
SHA-256: 2c8d4884c07bdfde6eb47f4a240c3c07a0c2c0aa8279e80b552fc05473f118be
font_02_sfnt_off0001539e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1539E 18024 bytes
SHA-256: ace1ac149e1d7f4c64f6ca70b63cfe82812f81d0e6b80b8cac308350e156561c