Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac7a841de7f07d1a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-09-08 12:17:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: ddfcbc6bdf6e2b98cac25a73d48ec1c3 SHA-1: ccbe24fd1e6705b57eafcdef18a53956ad8cf8e5 SHA-256: ac7a841de7f07d1a9927193b91f0f28ac3b0d55c6bac7444eb87242fb5406a4e
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 0.9991

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 https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ff1cd7fd78---vixojen.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dominant.name/userfiles/file/25380590214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creteotels.gr/FCKeditor/userimages/file/31298528610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ricarda-allegra.de/userfiles/file/22301431037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://binarbaidrealestate.com/public_html/userfiles/file/kenowogesanoxob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szamosiszerviz.hu/feltoltott/files/30673699403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137de30ed3e2---79308103157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mackbeks.com/files/file/96087364249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://komputerzagrosze.pl/userfiles/file/figixavapewaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161310857e6801---1588455193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adec-interiors.net/Uploads/file/sanexuwidorivenujezidux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfollowers.com/ci/userfiles/files/91798203300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businessincasey.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ralusubejupepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yarpb.ru/pic/userfile/bivom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepainter.asia/upload/files/pegipugebevanif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariorigolon.eu/userfiles/files/vovuzogiruvovirirewos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wolfgang-photography.com/userfiles/files/41508431158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fvv-hohenfelde.de/sites/default/files/files/siziwivixikilepewerimitor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gbagencement.fr/uploads/file/67849627166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohort.com/userfiles/files/41109897867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=converter+ppt+to+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000d508.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD508 17348 bytes
SHA-256: e17b18e344584031c244de1c5b1d0989a9c3049d92198d0a0fbc7da4fd4ab8ea
font_01_sfnt_off000101d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101D3 10412 bytes
SHA-256: 383ed6f7a8b0ee53d1420c3152e5986bd5a6a78d1c2ecf23feb1e9d99dbe6fa0
font_02_sfnt_off000119a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119A6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1