Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a73eed4a4254f2db…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-08 11:30:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 3ef5ee7d9eb4fb2822aec9c9c9ed02a8 SHA-1: b74bd719eaddfc51ff2e6bccd5a46977b3eddadc SHA-256: a73eed4a4254f2db0fcd32c9329b7ccc5183f118e1a6a8a38cdfd58a69253fad
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 0.9955

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 http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080a10557da2---kadizo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://teifsepahan.com/files/file/mumonoridedamikope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://majorpropertygroup.com/userfiles/files/52672801233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kisito.com/userfiles/file/difilowad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c9afad669d---zefaperavobotewekej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forumhotel.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jq86mdp1jdu9gcsqo588hf7mc4/64204282184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matonaklawfirm.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/mexajekon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamtimeshare.com/userfiles/file/86980788695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8d7b271552---52564697759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soechi.net/userfiles/file/46569832763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kojeneckezbozi.eu/userfiles/file/fabesesumaguzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082275431275---90920477192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makingthegradetexas.com/clients/d/d4/d4716c73f098ea79da165a2194b6736a/File/lagigonegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://belloverde.net/emailer/file/dotojosiwujavosazigetolil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retrofitoman.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46661361735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viceda.com/userfiles/file/19974033400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carmelocuritiba.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gexewomomagexitosam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sm6jq8d3t1pbbi9j4uhspb9ic7/66507361278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samsungklimamodelleri.com/upload/ckfinder/files/99397509106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anaminfo.com/attachfile/file/80128611629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portugaliaimagyarok.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66491222132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiodugnani.it/userfiles/files/89654518942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cissud.com/uploads/ck_editor/files/renudalemagoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emilygrilltogo.com/uploads/files/61008244968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=problems+on+ages+with+solutions+pdf+in+englishPDF 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_off0000dd91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD91 11272 bytes
SHA-256: 9380e42e34af8cce79c1667f7d64b4ea889efbb967e43eb6561e96687d896798
font_01_sfnt_off0000f774.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF774 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010f86.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F86 19236 bytes
SHA-256: ef86d7bec1e8ad2b66bb186f6f5fdb8327fd521b93087458eab12668d1d27d14