Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c11de07dd4609fa8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 15:09:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 897a5e6ffc454114bbf55d849ee69011 SHA-1: 7bb19fac661991e931f3e6908bfa48d9d249c11c SHA-256: c11de07dd4609fa8a8835d41fb5c28f3de5e42a18e593aac88336e45cc889788
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 0.9971

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=job+safety+analysis+format+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://bobmeetin.com/media/galleries/files/91263266508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupahatak.pl/admin/_fck_files/file/62363296048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uticahighclassof78.com/clients/8/89/89c70e22fe5ad1405280b455f64975d7/File/75071022224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedical.com/uploads/file/natimarukokakibak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envida-nieuws.nl/bsb_website/upload_fck/file/mobipigofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ranch.pl/files/file/jalidituti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koszyczarek.pl/userfiles/file/rabegajekisunabokumux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094dcf458ab5---tixevebiwewezozanoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bec8007c8bf---banukagozoziwolilabezuvux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlonnuri.org/UpLoadImage/editer/files/nanogitidixejil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oqkesk7g9c3o2pup8e3b9p14i4/91613891799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learningkey.org/userfiles/93724430363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bdb0bc4186---90862020222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soechi.com/userfiles/file/39653329012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zaun-produzent.de/userfiles/file/xanegolumur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bikipvuikhoedep.com/app/webroot/files/editor_upload/files/57205145029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelojrobles.com/admin_initial_test/userfiles/file/bijawonowozinexalodawerav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindergartenhelden.at/upload/file/jetazitisarodirul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ecb3fbc390---28430287352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poltinka.ru/userfiles/file/xomafupewiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://farmaciasacoor.com/site/upload/file/6705892041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diakmelo.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fagukikujetujakabudan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160820782d371e---64000630533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0001009c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1009C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000118ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118AE 17756 bytes
SHA-256: bd24ea9a5e08058b1c3270fd5c1f6dfe651378227a3a399408734640bc39ad24
font_02_sfnt_off00014680.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14680 10904 bytes
SHA-256: 25211f8591ebd43f069c5417b4b8eba91f5cc30e91f5ac9da69b2e1c33d48d3a