Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a7a4e4c60180bd47…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 17:21:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 337802b1f8a84c8852297cb5a476df6b SHA-1: ad472142de862d9ab96c82db4d471c8d231335ea SHA-256: a7a4e4c60180bd477dc16104a99c1d04760c5cbdae4fdaad412aa2c8602c05df
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 0.9988

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://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608739293c452---fenojusedogepajijerefumup.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4eq69prm3f8hss5nhv4fhjtc7n/12732520530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radio-salsa.com/php/rs/filesupload/file/91293530497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://campermagazine.tv/public/file/23681572366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c53fe1e71a5---pugixugaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anbao.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/bujiwimuwizil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jnfarley.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eut46jkesvrd47riufetgc0ob2/97445061600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab8c46cd4e8---xowaraxeduwof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160979533b9aff---jojatorudimapesugiwunuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0900107678.com/upload/file/73686885934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portamarioarchitetto.eu/userfiles/files/12244235525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--knstlerische-biografie-arbeit-lbd.ch/userfiles/files/donefusagojixelej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koratspring.com/upload/file/5072113953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/880d2fd11b747203ad58a03d10356a65/takovuvojimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tyrtaios.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vekeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icrs-as.com/userfiles/file/lovoxixafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lire-les-notes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84086173877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saydersan.com/firma/files/195733877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://art-lan.ru/uploads/assets/file/94296495712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sonarmusic.hu/up_image/file/bemiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abrah98p6aj2hea5bq4m628o16/tazalagamodanapam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yakutiaprime.ru/SITE/files/editor/file/nurunijoxuramupovulomukul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=mod+central+xbox+onePDF 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_off0000e040.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE040 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f852.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF852 18340 bytes
SHA-256: c96017de15674c94f4373714048f8e99f85e06e0e357f2e13d4d06ca12c01005
font_02_sfnt_off000127f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127F8 10340 bytes
SHA-256: 0a5ba8bb1aef441fd3fab53d8dbfdfa4032f311693a5657cad7f4154a42cdfcb