Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a1f47f98dc2319d3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-08-25 08:43:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: db3a14fa69027799d79b5bf0a7d43312 SHA-1: e19f105f8fcc79598e3897d640837b9ec03ee7dd SHA-256: a1f47f98dc2319d395419f7da1072feb62e7503d204312e5fad70bbcb08ea5dd
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 0.9990

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=on+the+crossroads PDF link annotation
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb03d02f67b---32946782407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drsubhashawale.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xirimexemugune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6edb171490---84819444797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a028b511decab7ebfb1896e0883fd653/89499021350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd61e42b047---60749592046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hsound.ro/images/custom/file/jexulisaratale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aucordechasse.fr/vosImages/sozidinimamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vvpta-irvine.org/userfiles/file/8541232522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--42-6kcdlkbomh7beggito5p.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/3119735516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scantech3d.com/files/68809747654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bc6fabd16d---fovuzugofaguje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foodphotoshop.com/userfiles/files/zimuzesezefeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d231ca78d89---2162432916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dimensioninteractive.com/WYSIWYGImage/file/vepupiwope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piazzademarini3ge.com/userfiles/files/meguvedoduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdbailbonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/666a340db6dde3d0e84b1168fd6e175f/limanuzukafipatamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soupworld.de/upload/file/99622662753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sterlingsez.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99367129897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610c50bf58d23---zigabajuvok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90aoaidn.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3182727119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://attep.com/home/sandbox/domains/heekee.com.hk/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28616794185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mokhalasati.com/userfiles/files/37927826947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logicamail.it/draft/media/78399203944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entryexpress.online/chapter_images/files/wisiguvulofabumupabas.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_off0000ee55.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE55 18448 bytes
SHA-256: 86bf19b63f473712cd235e46ade489d7ffbc7252f37a7b24c1a3df6d3934a1da
font_01_sfnt_off00011ebf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EBF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000136d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136D6 10352 bytes
SHA-256: 2033616feebb835254ecd04437528743d53d8a7f53e7031755e96f3adab5446c