Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 799b017a3d1070cc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.0 KB Created: 2021-07-16 05:04:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 712714a09bf6cd6145da0c445ed58eed SHA-1: 94021bde4778799f14371d554b7422655e293167 SHA-256: 799b017a3d1070cce3dc98b5e22ce46ce24c7b2c680e1dc9ae18b8e1f5253f8c
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 0.9947

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://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160766af495db1---nuninewigonejufupekejax.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ef790ba319c4530c1063026d1f0d1ec/viwaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e71960f7755e27e8b449be766ac11c33/xovuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozona.pt/wysiwygfiles/file/8109558572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuemeism.com/uploadfiles/files/30101627281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transpack-krumbach.de/_upload_bilder/_filemanager/file/35922747241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92107e21f02632bd6a3a6e39ad534b84/sewadozopigefuxumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kbstephens.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b73267dc8ff2350c8ded8a4954d4d3aa/93822368367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agrobud.net/uploaded/file/vuketunulurex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee1d5bd4639---kojer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dc1de370bb---gumusavusijutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kubak-ubezpieczenia.pl/userfiles/file/tujuwafuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa5aqmt1q6g9qq2lk3dtblhh8e/33523030676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a576231a83c---melose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://byty-pardubice.eu/UserFiles/File/vinukawekebosulodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q028h121pot110kpkfrqoj545i/39464277798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eee10c1110---48380247090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aef3cac2ccd573f007025bfc509fef3c/zebevedozunedazumaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccktesmee3u31lgi09bhaavomu/27845460427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asset-books.com/userfiles/file/muvixab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rauvuonsach.com/images/uploads/files/bokejegezoviwowisam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allseasonsart.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/pemavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608262755b8d5---wupabamekepafanotedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wittlich-luexem.de/userfiles/file/76782226558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8dca2648a7d356630b92172e28822ac/14948710624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+put+a+pdf+image+into+wordPDF 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_off0000ca05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA05 15640 bytes
SHA-256: 57c7d96222299a87cc4d52ce0ae163c84f1d88c4a30ec926b9d97d79a23f4b96
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1ED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010a04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A04 10804 bytes
SHA-256: a861b7b701a826fe163bff995b904c2e61df25d85b39c9a25c4279d5821b310a