Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7a6856d884ecce3b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 15:47:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: c5adcf2f323aa071414a060f8779a07d SHA-1: 36fa9b0baf7bbbe35f339df782e33ed6549bd070 SHA-256: 7a6856d884ecce3b3107bf6893eb3b24ee97433b2706802316b94c9be0de1e88
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 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mcdonalds+coupons+pdf+usa PDF link annotation
    • http://dgjst.com/upfile/file/20437361504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dartmusicfestival.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c74d633d39bb88c50baf322c5daf4814/nobid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heibldr.hu/FCKfeltoltott/file/57461604087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612c449ef155a---ginokifopiwogududevel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asoriofrio.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nedazufawimebiweko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gotoko.com/cmsv2/upload/files/doxomok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaqeen-eg.com/userfiles/file/xemereginevoduwawanativa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://resulgame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/92608145632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6im2oorfhmhcrjjs8pjdie2tub/dapokez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085c8b80fbaf---57303874772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ag83qilvs1vjvc7scsf5jf106d/9744080191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebel-guitars.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/498dbccdc7fe5db400ef1b8147284d3b/58170601038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelcabrera.com/FCKfiles/file/17494278559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://learnrkb.jugalbandiresearch.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rikitibetekadilesosoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://augustaelectricalwork.com/editorData/file/2412781843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pnlestari.com/visitbali/image/files/23990471569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/bozir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tavernadelsnoguers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/767fa95d5421d783408c2e8556776eac/4016886907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa07fe1df496c6781a055c0ef012e05e/nopefenirewezas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g1urof4seisk1n4oaevj20v8tc/4255530609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eau-msu.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/biwavugoliduxufaduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160850ded21ac0---14868312977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boldogelet.hu/media/zuluzevexoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proart.by/media/file/gomukedof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e85522df4a2417ccd6e97f8123377ae8/50315080206.pdfIn 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://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_off0000db82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB82 10284 bytes
SHA-256: 9ce270c49a9c8500dbca5b2baecfb2ff420f4dcc9c9c33e65184918990517721
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2CD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010adf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10ADF 18336 bytes
SHA-256: ea75063e7a99ac3ffc9240dbb3717ac34c0ad55a1eb8e54e68c5f4f50ecd9e29