Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 525de1771c96ce47…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-09-07 00:37:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: bcd03251f604e5d833529afa8513c977 SHA-1: ba22d7d5c1b1930d0a62e1fa15cad0218745a879 SHA-256: 525de1771c96ce47f4d1739f1a76705bbe5c4b6fb80f20b6ec17c05f7e82978d
172 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, presents a deceptive download button and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095d2b895a93---goxatudukopevirema.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bbe435172197faad1b3ff454132fa48/10313523915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edoxmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7sndebjfchjp3na9opv528eeer/34564061259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paulsaperstein.com/userfiles/files/nibabepaziwekojezis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec9b43cb452---94563657850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://murten-hotel.ch/userfiles/files/98617663942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mopron.ru/upload/files/47320743925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntwbearing.com/UserFiles/File/rarowirenavominuvuwawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607074996dc83---fotosos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://195exim.com/datas/files/nibazafotikizigukem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bearings.vn/images/ckeditor/files/kosikiwikukapasosalepug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160906e9a429e1---90407347682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bnovum.hu/downloads/91253272677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sofia-es.tokyo/yamituki-n/uploads/files/26500768843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ftrqfnnvnbkvjikp6qfeinve37/sonaruveped.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rdsdealers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34754093486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltgtrends.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39bcc2331147abcccb7c0237562153d7/75068486487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastcoastbiker.de/sites/default/files/file/6956111571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwgulfport.com/uploads/files/53422902906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classiccar-jp.com/js/upload/files/sivirazene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160841898c1af1---pikosokufeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zhansq.cn/upload/file/19276555961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080a3955ef2a---bebepagitibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konikanarrowfab.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39265883827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quatangsongvan.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/giwesibobejujuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=printable+worksheets+on+conjunctions+for+grade+4PDF 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_off0000db3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB3F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f356.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF356 11380 bytes
SHA-256: d4fde06c736fb8c7d76137101eb9cf93141269469183d3e3f754c17f425007c4
font_02_sfnt_off00010df3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DF3 18264 bytes
SHA-256: 634f66445b26892183c963ec610ef9a5e930611ffa40d6fb45bdfe00bc1e802f