Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7f1b426b6f84e964…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-09-03 00:13:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: f94423e5b57308502ad7fef828c3a4b4 SHA-1: ee6ffb39a15d80098999f75e04dc91ee0da99df0 SHA-256: 7f1b426b6f84e96426181767adc010b41cb24c7648157110094a4a020ac465e4
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment 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 0.9964

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=advertising+management+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • http://nwatchonline.org/userfiles/file/devewedoxokikowigifikik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609874c50961e---64576140846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divinenine.net/userfiles/file/barodigot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa60b048397---genobem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geose.ru/userfiles/file/71335353606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ede488b4cf4---boxobuxejuwefirimed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cinebuzz.be/uploads/userfiles/files/35283115997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szermgrt.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jilosivowiwunubozof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balticstroy.com/uploads/files/fakovuxis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gardatrans.com/content/Files/gaman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d41fd24c0d---19661139507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coutleelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/dupupivefogigutipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a408ad9561---16083671605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grundys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078ef8599225---93319294449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sipsak.nl/userfiles/file/mibirumusiweru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoch-making.jp/js/upload/files/xuvulukevagajolaranoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://woodfur.in/userfiles/file/23346767976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotacri.com/userfiles/files/gobumivanobiwov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balaji-technology.com/userfiles/file/tugamevokoruvarawuvorovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://munnarinfo.in/userfiles/file/21761482997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cef31a41fd---bubirivegeruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ed-union05.ru/files/file/rukovu.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_off0000daf4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAF4 10972 bytes
SHA-256: da9be0049310f941318183c8a1f7bf4e0cb417c697ffc70edf5cf90c0f77c973
font_01_sfnt_off0000f444.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF444 17496 bytes
SHA-256: 5037a5a9094e8aa34592e871fa43299dbe63baa2def8b106b1efaa88ff3301c8
font_02_sfnt_off000121f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121F3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1