Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a7ef68cbc9fe3b83…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-09-14 04:48:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: d97967fa2bf7d7ba3697585357dd7101 SHA-1: bef74838a733079bc553de42c0d67d7d7aa8d0d3 SHA-256: a7ef68cbc9fe3b831d891324df19a2222379a6575cf0cdd445bd137e8589a556
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and a machine learning classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. It functions as a link farm, directing users to various external URLs, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress upload directories. The presence of a 'download' button lure further suggests a malicious intent to trick users into downloading further content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

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 https://saptabangunmanunggal.com/indomobils/upload/file/mudifezutiwusazefal.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cdwy028.com/uploadfile/file/20210911020017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunnyrosesschool.com/userfiles/file/45460842364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhagiatxanh.com/public/default/ckeditor/files/zewototuwato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161345e20683c4---dunizakunigixuguzote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://menifee.hanasushichoice.com/uploads/files/mevulovamemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161336ad0042c9---zujimatubilewifafesokez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheumst.com/upload/fckeditor/file/nixoviguladobimixisimare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acudrved.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/puzalij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ristovski.mk/public_html/upload/userfiles/file/396333120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://congnghieptauthuyvietnam.vn/upload/files/59065780879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanakspotrebice.cz/eshop/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19198716154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peter-scherer.de/userfiles/file/1403239337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rspon.pl/images/wyswig_images/file/resinuwopevib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foundryindia.org/userfiles/file/tozuperiwudoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tw-echen.com/uploads/files/202109060654001098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anna-bel.com/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/megibafag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnadaoil.com/userfiles/file/28900811513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thesecurityguardunion.ca/userfiles/files/95703849143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nktrading.qa/file/files/xekamejapinojetulibej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3qlohas.com/CKEdit/upload/files/kaxemujefajetepubinovus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n6v103of7qg9idd5v861sj7n5b/35875762639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://satthachkhe.vn/image/file/66083446481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jecoexports.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zunerunisapiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=utorrent+pro+torrent+appPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d14c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD14C 20976 bytes
SHA-256: aad94ce92206828d6f5d4ef0858938d21a0f34fd8afc9793adf861e93f46abb8
font_01_sfnt_off00010820.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10820 9948 bytes
SHA-256: 254a12c0cf9d8d5cfac4dbdaefd18b9182abae247bcd7517ff6f3af88b374124
font_02_sfnt_off00011e31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E31 16128 bytes
SHA-256: e086d997b6ee3c3fe48f8fdf49e8854b9e9bef9c53b5c2c5f26bba4f2b277426
font_03_sfnt_off0001338f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1338F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1