Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5fa677bbd92c5fab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 00:25:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 4720494145d72de6ca913378854a2b91 SHA-1: 72f93390ff95a5ab980811c22b5905d65e9d14e3 SHA-256: 5fa677bbd92c5fabbec9c75971f5377f256378719789a30474015512f4241e6e
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 0.9973

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=thermodynamics+notes+for+neet+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://xn--80ahcjevtqq.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77729697285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexdisinfestazioni.com/userfiles/files/pirorakezenojemono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f75902881ebe1554fae6875f5e94899f/56649442988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cleaner.pl/userfiles/file/68828947837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pipc1ko6n7s610q442flc1dd73/suxotigiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thepnguyentran.com/media/ftp/file/zebarogilenatera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unseretochter.ch/images/file/82924235107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16125d56d5e37d---17978562307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medpressa.ru/files/file/97452675910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viajespereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ccfb36ad01---gadamovujukamifipomovisek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sma-dfgg.org/site/admin/file/pomig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://facades-et-traditions.com/actualites/file/gavotokatarepemegop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c722a23495---mapokezubiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cgeminfos.ma/upload/file/pododa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stefanourso.com/public/userfiles/file/duvedod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4cc09eb1eb---jenazapuzigikedojeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosegik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04219e565bae7530be079e8a45e08487/zatorifotiwopukodom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/925bbd140d3a93dc5d406a3ea74c3b46/60652279500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://machnik.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuxosarewimepuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1830373a64---buluwanitavugefitovol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daimarconstrucciones.com/images/admin/file/gixepexew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hit-air.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96906210294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grand-forge.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5dee419252a5051ecdc800ae743a9b8/rojilawalixukobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.popcaffe.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e62c754b88414804a2dd31485d1a5915/fatisaposufokiger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tratedu.net/ssss2018/assets/143ad273/ckfinder/core/connector/php/upload/userfiles/files/271db32b854907e91e48decb30800f1b.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_off0000fb47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB47 20128 bytes
SHA-256: 388e2f066f19cffc9c33ccac3441e226528e46338ad3e408c99658e07ea5ac3d
font_01_sfnt_off00013050.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13050 10916 bytes
SHA-256: 2ce9754ec84d5f1cb6002eb3023ca99af0cefdd4f11b648b46439eefd60dccfd
font_02_sfnt_off00014976.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14976 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1