Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6123279a651d7b54…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 16:19:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 40544f17725531a12858e9a43fdd0ddc SHA-1: 8fee4b896541fc1a703e061038e84b6beaaff95a SHA-256: 6123279a651d7b54f692b67c2cc187ea15f2adbca88a7328de2a598c3e11ad47
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 0.9991

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://dewalt-naradi.cz/media/upload/editor/file/rewudiwikatu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://otelm4b.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32333826078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbf62faeb015e839d7a68af19149aa32/kideluzulamexaxuwutivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engineeredrepinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0737336a33e12adbd4a72536c869ff1b/49132228576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamlulanjina.com/upload/files/22239078384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquamedicasatumare.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8538005335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cropscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/77454304255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lor-rostov.su/userfiles/files/jasonemikutonuguxubuguwaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160717a773c48a---runodomokifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://em-mould.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91670648518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fd9453182d7---fikujopuxuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cordovajewelry.com/images/file/fixegefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnoorcity.com/userfiles/file/31965313620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17d2ab3a0d2763ca4ac9f91decbf525d/41337530655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160961c0e981e4---kavinikogumodexepele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/85924412636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anjingliar2.com/contents//files/kigufefegag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bethtikvahevents.ca/clients/2/20/20a91c0cb94b02964b0d1c5d980f1596/File/tazopetorizejizudoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://berkeleyhigh64.com/clients/9/99/99a482d4bd0dc5522cc24ea7f8204a07/File/riwajiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://galerie-louise.be/userfiles/files/xumataremawawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasaitogo.com/uploads/files/80680708161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be9a581587771af59d6efbced15924d7/49495219746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelescare.com/userfiles/file/dukowijewabofonigofifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=gta+5+download+ppsspp+filePDF 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_off0000e087.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE087 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f899.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF899 17652 bytes
SHA-256: 09354db775b8f4b31c26b4cf4c11aa40f70cc723500f0ffa18ceaf7a6e873ecf
font_02_sfnt_off00012705.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12705 10652 bytes
SHA-256: 975a844fcf56df00fe3d3f4624e44a34eb8dca5dc0388a4978496e489ad3b830