Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5c792cec8744f805…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-07-08 13:01:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 99427fdeb2d5f5a389621d6813c1cf68 SHA-1: 337443d02721f8788be767a49c8c99a7e91974b6 SHA-256: 5c792cec8744f805d346c5fbf1fa9e501ac6d5c986f8fd7a905b51c43b6e3aa0
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 0.9952

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://timelessmebel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9e7f1c5050ad7a12c3237e9836b4578/vupadenejufopamogaraxu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f9a2c29730---33136125724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073c616618a8---lorakosuxadegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1ac4a30a598623ee4f5955a293af1d6/59894800066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artechq8.com/beta/uploads/files/38163509058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63e29c65f408b3fcb70ac5e43da13d89/ruwapidifumifujajisuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/34308115327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/399e265b9e9d11b2afc0b34f34a602e2/44230814323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruihuitax.com/files/file/6441686337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cycling-software.com/files/file/34381780950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac2879a26e9---8988948295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magicfood-cn.com/files/20210701051543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fresh-j.info/images/uploadedimages/file/jaguposeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c85374e2ac6---pipojuridiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e5dbf1aa5f---gufejimanuvazolivijexovox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/caab2cafd49d48a161466ec3df285da3/69695932934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://change-sexy.com/files/files/wejifunetodizewuxexesuzot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoverservice.be/gallery/file/55406323705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3a4509ab68---63498506288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skrabl.pl/www/rpbd/fck/file/2444757472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o2mkmaaeee8urg0b9nvpgbrkq1/tigitukovuvazitibot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xehowo24h.com/images/ckeditor/files/78430885490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf88d5c9001---judamikutig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=ssp+meaning+marketingPDF 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_off0000efe3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFE3 17584 bytes
SHA-256: 05ed937f95e5217204c7b6b8652bf02cff1fa80b9ef1ca614397f301c3ad0206
font_01_sfnt_off00011ddb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DDB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000135f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135F2 10596 bytes
SHA-256: 1465cf1de2bbc93d1148904eb9eb409d01f66a3aa8929043cf6457ffe7ff701d