Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9698d56a1ee3a0a6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

119.1 KB Created: 2021-06-12 18:17:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: dee66d5997ec000585ff30e8490ef4fb SHA-1: 9f09dc7fe07558aca95f13dd6ad7c0a9612e9c02 SHA-256: 9698d56a1ee3a0a6c5e80bc9598e414e61bda322b34ea68cf1c079e823adad55
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 0.9991

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+phrasal+verbs+list+with+examples+and+meaning PDF link annotation
    • http://www.marcelasemper.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a88bd900276---72430155432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e88658606143c0091db66fa784423757/xubezes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/risoboregepugejelepuloj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072703a78325---bapujeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160795eefac989---62783402320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084f9c34edf0---wirir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chono.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/doruwodugog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160942e2b289ab---59381882070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rt858hkbnvheifsu0gujgp026r/rapujirogukepivugit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c75c4954d91a256811d92caa89dd004f/bugobitewokomolabenowitip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedikal.com/uploads/file/zetubejexusisoruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081210f3a452---kenadedederokapupawus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delphin-restaurant.com/ckfinder/upload/files/gujidegisokawukuninul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciattella.net/images/file/28464721177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sip7.pl/autoinstalator/sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbba96b90926c6f42d11fd1e8d926b4a/gatotalib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34e9aa0309b3c0312df4cfb71e2955c4/10380906976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55d701bb58c58128e1ee79f769e9f4e6/judirirabumugasukafonixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text
    • http://www.geocities.com/mitra_anirban/hobbies.htmGNUIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.htmRegularIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 6

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_007_off0001af18.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1AF18 19140 bytes
SHA-256: b070699060380079658666482253346ff4311ab6d0846de74888b1a5ffed84da
font_00_sfnt_off00012cc7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CC7 3300 bytes
SHA-256: f33bdb85eae2f2357ff3d75db3a9e2fe2c8fcbc27d46b537a0ea83f455a3b644
font_01_sfnt_off0001386d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1386D 5816 bytes
SHA-256: ce0d495d7420dcc42504ce41e7ccc7a6ee84ec1a214517f3323910541ae9356b
font_02_sfnt_off00014c21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C21 14960 bytes
SHA-256: a59f1304b790fba24cf9f05b3822fe3d036000e0284a19fcc9ddd6da50f2ba50
font_03_sfnt_off000178ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x178AD 3900 bytes
SHA-256: 8f3a6cbda9831d3482a62212d7d1c6ac788ba53a8744200e808c88bce024a76f
font_04_sfnt_off000187c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x187C5 11432 bytes
SHA-256: 2c122ddff56669417de8092780c034edbbe88d8713a66cda98b5fa58c302c762