Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a55611a6f2722926…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-09-04 05:01:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 2a8d007fda5d38aee2f43babced312a2 SHA-1: af86de8ad027871ed7deecfa82ab7b39009ca426 SHA-256: a55611a6f27229265115a929128a9825354cbf249415c5b939258e8c4d5079a5
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 0.9973

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://asorokolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/33918114367.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160884a489e3a2---ridefatakikunegovabubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://segurosjdd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ruik17be9f1ethaah3uifghik3/zovejovofalipagafowexune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asslar.de/downloads/10570731014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhachoxebus.com/upload/fck/file/pibaraneb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kommunikator.nu/demo/userfiles/file///xebefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rdsdealers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93071696242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://istvietnam.com/rich_editor/file/bosodazixabuviboxirebik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1ebf412091c53dfe61edf2838c4386b/dulovaripoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anieliasfx.com/uploads/textareas/file/60220020269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607417645904e---duzuwiruxade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc885b008d---nuwovuvekubizumatabomulej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ff104d0100e20c054c5840b2b78a12f/50007836734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kenshopvn.com/uploads/files/sogugujatafufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennedy-jackson.com/clients/f/f7/f78508644b517540cdb1549d93860f53/File/jidunexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patroha.hu/file/naxanes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samajsutra.com/userfiles/files/zafujokepelij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085a79f6ee5d---lipoxemeworiximaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speckrepej.com/upload/file/rixedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jikaramen.com/uploads/files/vipodugilivorapumefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eqonetech.com/upload/userfiles/files/dupijiwogevamaniviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160897dd270a02---dipejilubinemajimed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16121c0f8576ed---15269162231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5f1adcd9bd60dd1af5a1601840670d4/34142783143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=media+planning+process+in+advertising+pdfPDF 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_off0000ef2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF2C 17472 bytes
SHA-256: b726d60ad1a99671ce04da6116eab479a0cd7b2b9b315426c7619256b1d22c79
font_01_sfnt_off00011bde.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BDE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000133f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133F5 10856 bytes
SHA-256: 8c4b688cd86716565bf24b73e0f8dabe2243b746ee6d9130f2b304fc349fbfb8