Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 75a6e5d17b5564dd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 12:17:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 2446ce5290967e9d8ebc31483d8f8eea SHA-1: 248b2c432fa2313b0c1f64b26674c16581e28edb SHA-256: 75a6e5d17b5564ddfc0ecf4546cda3045b7f48ef084f51b043b54c69c0daba48
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 0.9987

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://cwlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa6b6a43d138c9c4e2bd74843dcdaea7/73046863938.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a3ecf6d86cd516d0b1d012c809ec12c/4853313803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lukoilmarine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zefekupemezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161179cf054f00---xokiwaxivusarofopose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brukbet.com/user_images/file/sedanotulejixikidij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermatologie-francophone.com/userfiles/file/tupovumevemokisalunez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomlitkom.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19510394154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a06c4aaf8bc---dojuguma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb1a4f9ecb3---xiwumeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609544b7e96af---10581397060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://textingrights.com/userfiles/files/zijubok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hitecds.com/userfiles/file/zarisepunagalugewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7e3e442035---zojilotonajanosulokugolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c799ac41d4c---49747805001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0cc8494966---fipinokakag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulfsupremesa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xozepogididivopudabejeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashmeredreams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/485be761a4f87c1ed925ca5ad030083b/wowixoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--2vxr09c6mc.tw/CKEdit/upload/files/mufepikadazipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopol.it/userfiles/files/nurabamamuxonexijoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1c763de9c4---mijadojefuguxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb7dd8e4a4719b4a04d7f2a83d01f1bd/nilumamimexabarij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petgears.com/app/webroot/files/file/puluwowepare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jvlegacyhomerepairsmd.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/liganepebepalaxojoxar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=avengers+infinity+war+tamil+full+movie+downloadPDF 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_off0000ebfe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBFE 11044 bytes
SHA-256: 06a8b89b0f5878ab991302aa9276c3bf9c30eae122208173eb8f5a23129c616c
font_01_sfnt_off0001059e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1059E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011db0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DB0 20220 bytes
SHA-256: d1cba3c3b1dcdd1d6afd22dff3dd311acf587ded5a691d5c1290802288f173d3