Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7c9bde075172c630…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 06:05:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 5d5c85181cbe6fc034b06936bf65b911 SHA-1: 75bd9c39df47e2aa702e24de543254203cfdfbc7 SHA-256: 7c9bde075172c6304106b92006bdee5eca4d8706a744b046bc319aeb42d31c2c
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 0.9905

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 http://xn----7sbabjkhbzbqti4a3apfmdd2s4b.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/galudibixefare.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/umal6qtlbpjeg971mnf7u4sm60/piririxikibano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://immobilgold.com/file/xexevufagefazakilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37tb2brrd6heh2sa7nta24albr/tafofijobega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilkemymm.com/image/files/50593955801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20e7a434fc83cfdb726f3b8d69009f5c/47745876344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hussco-steel.com/husscofiles/files/17634103306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forumhrdbekasi.com/webroot/userfiles/files/favefejidelabibarupake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richardsonfamilyreunion.net/clients/7/79/79e100fddb184f5a3447a495e7c481fb/File/83542496545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weeb.nu/userfiles/file/10867683572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ondrejkocar.cz/img/file/49379042341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paulbwatkinslaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/pizodasujivig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afde7fa4837---52093440483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/kewirasaleweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guides2alpes.org/uploads/file/5001736165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bienchidan.org/uploads/files/8316869253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadviewlibrary.org/uploaded_bvlib/file/52797607559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opuspoint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47461798152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richardarnoldalumni.com/clients/a/ad/ad1dcfa6f69ac51e3fe6bec18f6cf6d6/File/kuzopuzune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfa9fee11d0---jukezutemat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inwama4.vn/webroot/img/files/12400312613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6fab32b1bb---gaxutotekugovamokoruvafit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160869b2736e4d---zezag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gagutp.com/sa_upload/userfiles/file/20210605015604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kengosushionlineorder.com/uploads/files/43998782923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaa1arbfjoe3bzh.xn--p1ai/data/files/51543972740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afe2d960564df7295fcaa188c6ad544a/26761486547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=ee8391+electromagnetic+theory+notes+pdfPDF 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_off0000e1d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1D9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9EB 17928 bytes
SHA-256: 657f3cdec27d1885bab6d5d818ea138ffcbf62f5a639414fada3625a1f070b32
font_02_sfnt_off00012829.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12829 11764 bytes
SHA-256: 811b4e06ffd93bdd7600660bd111d06c015a1db134c392a8417126a7d8e4adca