Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d6e2e93155168c6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-09-10 21:14:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: bcc6ddf321013bc84493f799bce8555c SHA-1: 4d6c0c480d6f539cf087e23eaa94b35b449abe4f SHA-256: 4d6e2e93155168c60efd167418ad1518a9a600d2c2920145249526461e0ef794
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 0.9980

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 http://obrienbuilders.com/userfiles/file/27514094136.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://paidionresearch.com/userfiles/files/7523703912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161369f37a0822---pawotopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/091327fa7528e731896995b29bc1478f/24645206701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmtl.in/uploads/userfiles/file/file/92024807638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transturist.ba/ckeditor/ckfinder/files/files/difadosekogew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://countryclaim.cz/userfiles/file/wuduvevubamawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevvalturizm.com/rsm/files/64007621564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/76822525844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twtqedu.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/97636175219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71abd40b3828ccbe9f4344ce7114eea4/xifexolufiwamazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woodwork.pl/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/nuxekorapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://granitnet.hu/editor_up/mikeketinaruxepuwapiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ministryofrum.com/memlogos/file/safalivupifexiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinyardim.com/calisma2/files/uploads/57932071646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161317038bf4c6---wusonidaxitivenoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kahsport.cz/userfiles/file/53503816141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.startbatteries.gr/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61719738013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prestinieurope.com/userfiles/files/nozatulebuzakage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makeyourpartnermelt.com/userfiles/file/25986567198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fetogram.ir/images/upload/files/kuvedipiwamok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stromzeleny.cz/file/55946741265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=minion+rush+unlimited+moneyPDF 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_off0000e926.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE926 10560 bytes
SHA-256: 1253bd8e3c5c9391e8679deae4a3a0489f1412077c565302e41e5523f26fece7
font_01_sfnt_off0001010f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1010F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011921.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11921 17880 bytes
SHA-256: a7ae24c03e0d54f75029e67a4068530d38a57ffdc35569fd0872979b0c46b95e