Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7a56233ecfd753cc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-09-14 15:05:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 2b77b6cd67910ed32846774ef24795e8 SHA-1: b7a747be2f41178073e549e32719330d0bf43552 SHA-256: 7a56233ecfd753cc07f80b6c7ed0459c6198c8f10e36b5155d34c39ab429a787
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1204.002 Malicious Link

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, presents a deceptive download button and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://ienter.bg/files/rafane.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://viettrungson.com/media/Files/84008521802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fan-consultants.com.tw/ezadmin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/371163147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ee27192243ee9dd5112ddf4af75295e/76942145683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shipgo17.com/plugin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zirafesosegesaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://network-italia.com/file/22668085527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duszek-lasu.pl/userfiles/file/86263701749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nwhouse.ru/uploads/file/25198842914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1da1k5sfbv4gad5psh04rv4jh3/25156031207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccshecea.org/upload/files/53209017767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poney-club-romilly-aigre28.fr/userfiles/file/78077743493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitytradecapital.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/badupifiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmrh.myagenda.cz/pictures/editor/files/zemuzix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://360clothing.in/home/www360cl/public_html/uploads/images/files/lusovijosixigerofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.performhabitat.fr/bundles/astadmin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sefapuxiponowimodusiviki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hobbypet.cz/files/file/51230895195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161327e708ac93---16400789045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccsctda.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210905_001247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://planbmedia.hu/files/81278201434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://struttur-arch.it/userfiles/files/fexurifena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kochamsushi.pl/UserFiles/file/pudapavomulozupovel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inijariku.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bokerizutezesegotufel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ashioke.com/images/library/File/78584106764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massintech.ru/img/outer/files/21711532954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=apk+snack+video+app+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_off0000dfb9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFB9 10536 bytes
SHA-256: e8bc3dea1fa48be9bb930991f066f02e2f7936880b37fcec1632b2b8b86de135
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7F6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011008.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11008 19188 bytes
SHA-256: 9fe9492ec579bb789890d1d015dda49b89a6a005b1bcfb01f3731b85d2da7716