Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 64a0dfca189b738b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-07-02 11:59:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: ab4c27e6689f4dccb1abe2e8c4507d40 SHA-1: 7edaab96dc81ea6e69e10c73fdc2bcbb72f9e524 SHA-256: 64a0dfca189b738b5abea6916be6688829d6867ec75194b638b81fef568fe307
172 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. It uses an urgency-based lure. 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 0.9942

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=avengers+2012+123movies PDF link annotation
    • http://abacusnancy.com/userfiles/file/86970285673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csptech.net/admin/userfiles/file/zudulapibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsradviseurs.nl/mailing/images/photo/file/kojadapukowot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://location-appartement-venise.com/italie_documents/files/40517719009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f303fb7bd98c7db06b1bc079b56009d/kepubamik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daismene.it/file/wumerovifapefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d382be2d170e553eb840d99739aa07ef/11902258115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremyco.com/app/webroot/docs/file/logewis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arrayamed.com/userfiles/file/89019011854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afd.me.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qihqds5hkeifofuerunhe7r5t2/32247370752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f8d45d2d16---24338828151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.heksan.com.pl/file/sotonunevawugaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chmelo.hu/sites/default/files/file/zamamakizozupojad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreaslasnik.com/data/files/39272607308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c45f8f4d4ef---petikol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607946e998fec---waluzaxoxuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skincarebylaura.com/clients/862251/File/84113016356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akkoryazilim.com/userfiles/file/30268510640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3388582fad---12164861246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://internationalmedia.com/userfiles/file/jifakolen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nationshield.ae/userfiles/files/futukowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb67000dc080c81798d504d89bbafc8b/sewitofafemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pogologistics.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10549878773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillcountryawningsandsunscreens.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160791dd5f3469---genenanasarajakuluvosutaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporenotarypublic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7aa4448ad1fb76f972480d462357a63a/53162018974.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_off0000f054.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF054 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010866.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10866 17948 bytes
SHA-256: ab9bb7d88a9e43194261a33938900ea2af7c5c6e39b4dc021bd3262f276f4844
font_02_sfnt_off000137e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137E7 10660 bytes
SHA-256: 70e90980fa3d8362aabca1705c2e0156153df4291c29513d41377d81c93632e1