Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 726a38907833e5ae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.3 KB Created: 2021-06-10 12:04:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 6a8d753041e00e85b5b02599b2d48879 SHA-1: 753810b9591f3070fde94d24e45a47d8f1e0a651 SHA-256: 726a38907833e5aebe5313ee1557883ed16d2ac01bc31637911b992454cf4d0b
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 0.9998

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=roblox+mod+menu+download PDF link annotation
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t32n2aptrlsufdf4vs8523o0i5/maxoxotijofuwaduzomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://badischer-kunstverein.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58973313922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9743a98a7e---15074697040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wypelnienia.kratex.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ba09e5cd0371421c9dc043ef4223bbf/27808499178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vannordenvastgoed.nl/userfiles/file/rufanosezoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimbuunguyen.com/uploads/userfiles/file/repopidupitenoxoxetefam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfa213228d2---neditomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intermediastudios.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21fd59b0772c37b3a85d05c00f06e5d7/pegoleminenatawerilusiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/usma7p643ua7ldbe4ra7io6g5f/tonaramekibutarebod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3aa5c374cc---wagadopolawerizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadianrelocation.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160964968ac109---48970953043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bf70686e44---fobisukavenoborufejodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lorofilmes.com/Uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53920690030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://craftsmancuttingdies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32a7b9e6e82d4f07264dca36d22be3f5/61705315194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animationcoach.com/userfiles/file/lotuxuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160973483b12a2---58600835960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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://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_off0000e613.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE613 5004 bytes
SHA-256: d260573b8dde8edd17b6bd3ad1f93d04627eea1abe976da6cdda759a8a4ce34c
font_01_sfnt_off0000f71f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF71F 11620 bytes
SHA-256: 9b9fa5af355c3fc576083a0e16d6a2c3003edadda7ccb7c09e4599801c75d165
font_02_sfnt_off00011f25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F25 16092 bytes
SHA-256: e9fe716c2abc985b12a899a49d5539e4e8be1b56d50c083b30290d85a2a7c848