Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 91c6db241bca36a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.0 KB Created: 2021-08-15 06:04:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: bbdb44f10b7ffee74abd6838322efb5e SHA-1: 9d793bb47ad3680875345d26c2eb29484b164827 SHA-256: 91c6db241bca36a7168742639e5c5008ff1e31b1d43bf4df0599c77916a3bf3c
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 0.9876

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://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbc5751200c306ecc208ccedb35421e9/79044154835.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rhcld4n1s195kh6omaj6heplb3/72767559856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avonsteel.com/UserFiles/file/fuleba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonweringnederland.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juweburepamawivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://larrialdiak.es/files/galeria/files/pexosobipifosakurewipolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musorcentrum.hu/files/article/file/poruxisadevaverubaxuwodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9dd407fb02---61937028225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oldadmin.k12cart.com/media/files/wonej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://varadimasszazs.hu/uploads/files/lexole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reutlinger.pl/userfiles/file/nariduvalosexazisafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608543abc1e8c---vugizodupejus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bae0137e2dd---77974112741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://himalayanthailand.com/image/upload/File/fozelok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607523e1442fa---44051101089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gma.ge/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zodizexisudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khabul.mn/mmpa/userfiles/files/lamelutomilosadewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenagementsoleil.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d5927c0cd4---76415711243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mhs69indians.com/clients/864804/File/fuganamajevidokasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3c22aec588f985bcc28fb68e6ab8657/24564383069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.khaosanpools.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nuxegapakazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609437aec1f0e---fimunegabivod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettyloupaints.com/userfiles/files/97552818351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e54dsuqa3frl3796f6l4l41itf/lexarazufepezewajigak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607589f131613---33344585349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muntepa.com/userfiles/files/losunasoxejup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160801295354fa---50886678604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=gta+5+download+without+license+key+pcPDF 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_off0001025f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1025F 11076 bytes
SHA-256: b7fb380de43910d05d447c2b194ee349f38aaee29ee4330c90b4ca3a7eb67b2b
font_01_sfnt_off00011c44.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C44 18116 bytes
SHA-256: 7224a7c2727688621ff6074df41dcac810f9abfba279f31f0f8dc1c6e85e820c
font_02_sfnt_off00014c76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C76 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1