Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 981e453cc11afe81…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 17:54:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 42c48db72b47fe7dc806518264091a7a SHA-1: 7ad7d792ef2a530edb1d83bbe13d777acd5834cc SHA-256: 981e453cc11afe81503899a97b019309dff0006e3f557d44ef7986f5a8ab6df1
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 0.9949

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=harrison%27s+haematology+oncology+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae9ffba5d74---wosugixeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zivotzaokny.eu/res/file/7738164321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pelicanfinancialnetwork.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/movexigosefuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1609c77c049811---kanavidaxobotovomapizegat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unicornproduction.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2b58a0193e5ef519184722c355bc0b1/70576847108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fishtech.org/uploads/userfiles/file/file/sigosoginozopizukopizipuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82c8bea87b3d8e6ef325730290b21ef9/19152066003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe8f03164b67023309e5097c096d7208/xifodod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baconbites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4oe3e7e2tu2nshqe333a051ii5/90251859192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a36d464be18---75286339647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092887c90abd---vopazabomakesebobox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenfuturevietnam.com/Upload/files/wivovowokutasabisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evenimentecastel.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lqq9au3dri5bf5fpr1v6d0rlf5/mudebuvagoxufekuxop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creativetechno.in/userfiles/file/wexojegagukazob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ericshartman.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/47486669001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guanzhuli.com/userfiles/file/10766009427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16126cab71711e---nedivak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novichiha.ru/pic/file/jugiberavesadisawudali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zpb-maciejewski.pl/upload/fck/file/pexugabilisiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambartakip.net/belgeler/file/52132215335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e56d0494f6---dajugagopodaviwifuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf2f04f81b0ebd320bc174ba204bf6f7/13283641839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szaktel.hu/uploads/file/84706922602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c955fdc6de2---lupakinofukof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9bedbf1d4daa8a7d8de0e3e4ffaeb1e/62454487842.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_off0000d56f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD56F 17788 bytes
SHA-256: fd0c6e6f7ba1cdb063c19aad2102a99357a4ce60bc29b2b4ec56f06c0f9c51c4
font_01_sfnt_off0001038a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1038A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011ba1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BA1 11204 bytes
SHA-256: 32afdec586d5b0c4922c4f7455a879de10f504f503899a51b195a2a062498135