Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 564269a8c26be5a5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

109.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 09:26:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: ea46c1e245d02596f54a048017df2b33 SHA-1: e48cefd8fb40d1be45a4f9b4f93e932772d7bd16 SHA-256: 564269a8c26be5a574b2aa3d698feeeea1aaa39fbef7c20db5a63bc10e78b051
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 0.9921

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=autocad+structural+drawing+tutorial+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://promise-land.com/upload/file/saredefiloren.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c21299804b---mokonarujugupegetelibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d359065f832---muxozofuwodavagab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coimbrasoftware.hu/images/uploads/files/mebukiwojemupavipake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmbc.cz/_data/user_files/file/98132193155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nestsearch.in/admin/uploads/file/xedebetewinisegikinuxakod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gagutp.com/sa_upload/userfiles/file/20210515082829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bffe6f6a4ff---simavafaxipaxotaluke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://floral-design-lindgens.de/userfiles/file/28085883904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuzvedo.hu/elemek/file/fikimotujoxiwedubegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuspsurgeons.com/userfiles/file/tugewowofitujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinahongji.com/d/files/12136851620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamhosting.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nezerinixawipol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gonvvama.net/filespath/files/20210821174813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9b52f3aee---3483763646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yourbuilding.ru/userfiles/files/39193953354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markmont.eu/editor_uploads/system/files/44062397648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e328f437a7---xipemunemefosupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harmonie-avion.fr/actualite/files/22208450834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pranabkumar.com/fckimages/file/36532261864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f3739ff1da1---12207127860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northstarexecutivesearch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9cd01152d586618a848cb542e2bdaae/difolus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161162aae210f3---38307685111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089cb1ddae43---56385456304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc0ce4ad5e0---40224897458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noithathoaphat11.com/upload/files/tuxoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0ae4ecf14135dbb437f9457cb186a3f/29912186000.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_off000143a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x143A2 10832 bytes
SHA-256: 72527819b248b23330d0673d047c9bd7c4bbb2b87e7f8d88dfc34b1516fecf59
font_01_sfnt_off00015c98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15C98 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000174aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x174AA 19448 bytes
SHA-256: 34867dc13f70865fa77877bb8cd156aa738544251d8d8a8e90d8beb7204c225e