Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7ab44f437c950c4f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

105.3 KB Created: 2021-09-20 16:14:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 1c59b406451f5d06026c61973dc0d2e7 SHA-1: 6906cad800a1c2b777623116a2c20351e9bc3f05 SHA-256: 7ab44f437c950c4fb2e670810d1f4c030901bd714d175220af7cae347fa950c8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV. It contains a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious files. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=playboy+casino+apk+download PDF link annotation
    • http://whatifitspossible.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wagaramoxoripiwamaxojex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161438642c4789---towemetevewinototakofib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1544-7419.net/upload/fckeditor/file/46582871850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f685c3d1d4---lufugovivaridumifezadomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sardavetri.it/userfiles/file/28537175286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614885b9cb2f3---83788354924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhquoc.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19124649603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.laterveer-biesenbeek.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36270799601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613377dcb3c59---35943187763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nigerseedindia.com/uploads/purobadulusijexivuwulolip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dishandspoonproductions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62205474738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharjahcements.com/images/bulk_images/files/kilaminigupexarofebak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://altstudio.be/app/webroot/uploads/file/kozipudaforujiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8d7f5fff4c4be6240a3db2316e419da/30924155947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mspchicagolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/raduleweda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaies.net/upfiles/file/wikidiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://one9five.com/userfiles/files/gosimisomuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://go-trec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sn5pvvommag1ti7anadjt0atok/nasexawupimux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ruben.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fejovepidavosujilunoravi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k85shj16h-561lt.com/contents/files/65496288699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.de.ruben.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kijenilogotofazez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132ca9e9ceab---sugidikajeredaleluwikesiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamurgoreng.net/contents/files/susomozilozigefo.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_off00013805.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13805 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00015017.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15017 18328 bytes
SHA-256: 9534ac8d9b73babd99e48403c9799c13c2bb579261d52a8a764170149bdbf259
font_02_sfnt_off00017f93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17F93 10612 bytes
SHA-256: d4805969d13c3f5db3943a6f90dd5134a776cca2a1b85ec9b8c10c429abec961