Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6790368b313fa191…

MALICIOUS

PDF

103.2 KB Created: 2021-06-09 12:02:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 442b96020e01f9ba90931aaa109de8a3 SHA-1: d7d959b28c27e21be0c4be3018ca878b5f0544a5 SHA-256: 6790368b313fa191c8a9f82f0e88226d5c6d4936f15858e1c35af42b094ad9b8
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 0.9994

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=quantitative+aptitude+handwritten+notes+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b570d8e9b0e---fizuvigenalerukaroxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2c1d9917de---xoripipajoxesisikereg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigxra.com/uploadfile/file/2021051502452773499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ec02a34341---kuvotezinakazixezuxuwame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160835fa7e49c4---diboxikusatimal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beetsom.com/PROGRAM_FCKeditor_UserFiles/file/54917140609651797e7ec.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076cca82b97b---sinojojutisakuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tectrongim.com/uploads/files/fovenativup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087b5f77621f---ruraridagerawewamajufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a2itsolutions.com/chop/multimedia/userfiles/file/vesolalikugozobaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ccb7332d2d---nodulez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deco-interieure.com/userfiles/file/josategujek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3841a508927396a4cc1365b263cbb6f6/5011652780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dyglas.com/userData/board/file/domopasevovakobakojem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/914d366784521ece2aed4648d82eb1bd/16073589534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d81a7fc1ac1f6df669d80593e3f0bc5/93431464753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35ca003dbdcae4d6e858677049af9400/83992801558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webtraffic.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/md9m2ut759af7ce9g5jvpfq4m5/zasudifubunugedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avigailpekelman.com/sites/default/files/file/nifalunimarijorar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://fedorahosted.org/lohitIn 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text
    • http://www.geocities.com/mitra_anirban/hobbies.htmGNUIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.htmRegularIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000103f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103F1 5308 bytes
SHA-256: c71c6ddd248119dcd23f099ed66c327d03b885b8d342845e6a5b6a17f61b2583
font_01_sfnt_off0001160b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1160B 3720 bytes
SHA-256: d0c9e33916e9e64e42e31bcf0d345f6c2fcd41735b1a34df0119bd0eb1094281
font_02_sfnt_off0001216f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1216F 12044 bytes
SHA-256: 36aa92a42c0238326ac3d988f04e1a2d9eb72132d24156db708614c01fa74673
font_03_sfnt_off000149b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x149B7 16164 bytes
SHA-256: e296a61d2d303e35be9e1a35631556663d2780498efa7e8f3867bf557f172fe6
font_04_sfnt_off00015f0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15F0B 16048 bytes
SHA-256: 49fab9faa5c6009daf23db19b0b262f40ddd59666ea80b5436b7e89dfb505623