Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a4feb6a8c1799740…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-03 07:43:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 170acc6ce333521a418daf8d350c7f15 SHA-1: cd9ab2710d11b28b347b12bbff38c377b19bc3c2 SHA-256: a4feb6a8c1799740a1f0dedd4956425a2fa5b64beb4286d8f301ccb797a04568
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 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/205550be608c89e151bf2a81b4c5f2ab/maviwesa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8246d8ba9---6825562033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b2eb7ae1b8---41694155859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://husplaza.hu/editor_up/93437940436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608437977821e---soxonasinuzasavumagof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friulanapanini.com/images/file/21263405765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dreamscapes.ca/dream_scapes/userfiles/files/81622046042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.annaleehuber.com/content_files/file/52100008732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hr-serdahel.hu/images/file/33635420264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gutachterbewertung.de/userfiles/file/26804626598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamurgoreng.net/contents//files/41268070711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kath-kiga-bw.de/bilder/berichte/file/7272050948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097b74c75134---jifasegufubinemenegisit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://resetimpianti.it/reset/public/file/54962118653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091628ce4fa7---74832460141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8524d5465d---81069368817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ktmcollege.org/public_html/userfiles/file/63920888223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://i-harmonics.com/upload/files/kaxivofilole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6568951c53b54d5027f9404dafa68bd9/robupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e17992942e7096cb7f05bda82e8f851/lavifab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagiez.com/userfiles/file/tofemakelixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://videoacceso.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073d264bf2ba---wokavokivupidadexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lionkingbali.com/uploads/file/73136708352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161107475e1e0b---kofewev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daaeportrett.no/upload/file/mugilugajopagij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=leica+sl+manualPDF 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_off0000e1de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1DE 17096 bytes
SHA-256: 5b8d6f2d7b9b5d1372f6928ed888803a152cde1fd310e896dea9621d0668a0dd
font_01_sfnt_off00010ddc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DDC 10132 bytes
SHA-256: 252b5df7f488a4b22a652dc0585a5e59a0a6eb62dbe4a1210041473e61054508
font_02_sfnt_off00012464.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12464 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1