Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4279c53ed3dacc5c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-08-09 03:51:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-23
MD5: c8a8df6c30d962b35af633acea384443 SHA-1: d630ae6a58f3889e0d0891c32040af1eba4cb52e SHA-256: 4279c53ed3dacc5c7d41b9d84996725f83fa36ec5088c765fbc80347ec089e89
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 0.9984

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.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cda5013e87c---xelavewogumogimewuda.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://coluer.ir/documents/file/wufosatizapimarepujasag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carstenrath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/231kklaba2eucmei8kfce7uk4q/kijizixupomijerufidukux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.redactordecontenidos.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607df03f9a9c5---legugitedonogigof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://35ct1.com/images/ckImageFiles/files/74506980129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077f0d483501---kedug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wintec-samu.hu/uploads/files/sibin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c03d4cf37fd39c2287eb2eb2f145b54/jakunuvekenujedaleguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://expertsystemgroup.com/file_media/file_image/file/10943641624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dakmet.pl/upload/kafuxur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tierrettung-in-katalonien.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46977432827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airsoft1.ro/files/file/77548380682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9aef9b7dde---xusanazokenug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drentmedischadvies.nl/uploads/files/45639171868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matstravel.ru/userfiles/file/zifoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087c491cf476---xiziferukite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.introspekta.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/52254390242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lyonsmcafeereunion.com/clients/a/ab/ab8eb7fa8d7cf94b91f67e7e346c80ed/File/2693779044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thebottombillion.org/business_school/uploads/file/fijakuvopojevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otartufo.com/ckfinder/tartufofiles/files/56079814534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b66cd346812---3174479819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsxr.hu/userfiles/file/67308310429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auapp.ch/userfiles/files/xawusuguka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nioddr2ismbvv382lstt1ekl8q/2965711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=gulabi+aankhen+remix+female+version+mp3+song+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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cd51.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD51 11644 bytes
SHA-256: 0d51d3adfc2fb11c09a575b896ce894592bd45e2e7fa0e0670ba850c7426ba1c
font_01_sfnt_off0000e879.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE879 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001008a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1008A 16092 bytes
SHA-256: 9d5144547e0b729630886a3ad3ce48e7da84b0115899dd9c2390406af6f0fecd
font_03_sfnt_off000115cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115CB 17828 bytes
SHA-256: 0bc57a126d1caeb849c5c3e7fe29298b30485c523401ba6be5c3cab874db4fdf