Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a2dd35b69146b0a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.5 KB Created: 2021-09-03 05:32:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 8cb5ac807f4499d6acf12279c5bb380b SHA-1: 88bfa7a859567115328b7a2e3169120c5e2470ec SHA-256: a2dd35b69146b0a927e95cf98db0bd2064987c35214c79edcac4aa442945182a
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 0.9987

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=arabic+alphabet+worksheets+for+preschoolers PDF link annotation
    • http://parkhigh65.com/clients/4970/File/78115079170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmakler.org/userfiles/file/71716924854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanajp2.com/contents//files/86564489245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woodwork.pl/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/juxatikoropesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terralis.eu/catalogue_dynamique/file/zanibikipotopopem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skiflogistics.ru/userfiles/file/99981156594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--sanitrprofi-p8a.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/devapuregek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ulks3elv0sdrm148dfh2gu6dk0/valugapinegobowefonikikum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2b34ec0b9d---naxoruzotufotowukipiwolut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rjiminfra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8289612700ad8c9d57f4d8399f40d8d8/lefavemulafibonivigatibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmfegypt.com/userfiles/files/56770197531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11e1919ff258a68a0636f2a8d1995067/lanera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079e67e7edc4---33997223749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bufolari.com/public/immagini/file/88186068347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://longhoang.vn/upload/files/45913594029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/094d7a2580f660cc4a1230a9a9704daf/91289923351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lempreintedubois.fr/userfiles/lempreintedubois.fr/file/tivililixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shidoremicrosys.com/media/59731861245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dges.in/userfiles/file/80445053899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reichspfarrer.sk/file/vitimasibawezut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b426e9fad5901ea17c35bf816d6141e/48024355797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f9a9ed02473---34675420910.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_off0000b86f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB86F 10772 bytes
SHA-256: 4225a5cd8d1a86b71222239b9f4d4e0838dad64603090cbe6fa2ad51f1578025
font_01_sfnt_off0000d149.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD149 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e95b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE95B 17216 bytes
SHA-256: da492d6d988a3e0a2ecb9da1c7f14fc0ba5f1d5631309cddcb1b2339a61340a8