Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5c36de5fb467c9f4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 07:22:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 461e32ca71456fc2b2f91397e8f85a2d SHA-1: 5eff8ce1421d1c71fda8f2edae024d2742824a73 SHA-256: 5c36de5fb467c9f491ee60618db0f2c1b01f246c56c263afb0d7c86aa2c488d8
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 0.9972

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 https://ghadir-eng.com/userfiles/files/24776924432.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m693pppk9tnl8ig1d29ncg7o60/38606560282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedical.com/uploads/file/47105766093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.highlandernepal.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rujuxatalaluroxane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qrd3o7oa4ihp7ki73325bcdkkf/4329648991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gymostrov.org/gymostrov/userfiles/file/27885604939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vita24h.com/uploads/userfiles/file/45235980504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c674dbda521---filomebume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://activesolutionelectric.com/images/file/94164660214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8b8c9897b10f50286758b82f17fc40b/pawixizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snsi.jp/image/news_file/45612036956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c921e2058f---48877741716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a15bd23f1fd---ferofufotavofuxamijuxowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5olq1djlvhqgc70no9mji9qt01/99332527940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c20d8ddd002---pikatewiwikagazixovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipsyclinic.com/userfiles/file/20210811142357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emmaushuis.org/pages/gijazilezinegesifutosudub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://countrysquirefoods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afea191f4d8---19538768289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelsafeway.com/userfiles/file/lijigerorakutanot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lederstuhlshop.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jezudadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=bluechip+investment+gujarati+newspaper+pdf+downloadPDF link annotation
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce578526c0fe3a8b9e4f047125e87685/84722122712.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_off0000d7fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7FD 11500 bytes
SHA-256: eea5959055a0da8264aa9c227aec96b3f9c171c74384fe3cb6c0b9d4dc42a1d3
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2E2 17976 bytes
SHA-256: 5b8af059c635bfd728e89aa42852c0edd600115ae3e47422ae36e57e89906bdd
font_02_sfnt_off000121db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121DB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1