Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7f3a653cc3eb5716…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 16:24:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 25c8a521e5c2dbeffbe5954a1ac51045 SHA-1: 2424e663cf42469b682dfa162c7e911c5360cab5 SHA-256: 7f3a653cc3eb57163f5550c7eab051a54e81d8c720931ab1202683870a8ad6fd
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 0.9953

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 http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac6a5d3037a---baxef.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn--e1aazeoc7d.xn--p1ai/images/shared/file/1326500033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrmhandling.nl/upload/file/kunuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608489c0d70aa---98856595777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naoshima-habitant.com/sazuwimifixodamejusometa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c416a57c732953f193ad3422f6bf6547/76317884902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrobrands.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad533857a758d7a946d812b50fcfa1d9/67177356229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yamamatoen-wanwan.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21280219446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4190cc2363---58585646130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tunglamgarden.com/images/fck/file/wenusepaludigenawapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160add1b4dc73a---66053083578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chromavials.com/d/files/kifajupofexoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160887a22ece75---95293273221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f5f4d59bc54---15999191408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6gkm84kfihn7nl96l7upe27u2r/68386533904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086402b1cfdd---zovakitamiben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a41irtmpu1fb1131qupnt25hhc/51945765051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba82d894eaf---49987142405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foodchemsino.com/d/files/43875250696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tpf40aflr8k2t1qmp702nuerr2/sebupipamivudoxon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inlandautorepairmurrietaca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c38dd89c3c7f73d7ca50c37a0d12acf0/tilesina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/user_data/image//file/kovulofiwazozotofezesuxok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dondepodemosir.com/userfiles/file/xeravajupiwoxem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070e8017b251---5955914216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=repent+therefore+and+be+convertedPDF 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_off0000d769.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD769 17408 bytes
SHA-256: aa2d970df1c4125d7182a14fa81fa6debf2a4ed0ff1dadb6b2a57ebd1c89d15e
font_01_sfnt_off0001046a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1046A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011c81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C81 10664 bytes
SHA-256: db925628b76d708828f524e4bfff790c0a288c6f500ce0749b1acb543f07958f