Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c4c1c1b7912d4e93…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.4 KB Created: 2021-08-13 20:15:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: de75f815560566dd26ff5b42b1b852b5 SHA-1: 5b403f14375654187c9eaa434754790c7668ef30 SHA-256: c4c1c1b7912d4e93cc96a65de7bd42d75b52ea0ea2ddd913674bc96e07ff85c4
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 0.9989

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://laclonghotel.vn/upload/files/xejemataribebami.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sport-way.ru/img/file/kofinadopeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doggystylzgrooming.com/admin/photos/file/lizozifekifodusekaduja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buren-kompanie.de/userfiles/files/fozexiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jualumnitoronto.com/editor/uploadfiles/84969607554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldo-ins.com/userfiles/file/55201946471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3132b9920---juwajinevonawevebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study4student.com/cache/fck_files/file/1561420267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylpcl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/genefuminudiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dhcom.vn/userfiles/file/mazinaleginixuradulal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blog.crowdly.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ac100a3b75---mutevimuwagosowiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/navagib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ergunaygoren.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160704f1bbd192---xenovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a88c182f69e---9315795017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmbc.cz/_data/user_files/file/xelivobawepetefim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliance-ltd.com/userfiles/vatakoxuribavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vervesimuhub.com/userfiles/file/84686939795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whatifitspossible.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fixenibiripudumupupatox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laatjehuisweerstralen.nl/upload/file/58893797531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kisikana.hr/userfiles/file/vilixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hazeloyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/60289861523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r2q8s2dpgmbkbgqi9aftooumit/zejakigafapeziwijuponi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sxcec.org/userfiles/file/tuxuvixetuwemulukosufoxes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anysoldierfundraiser.com/clients/a/af/af293656121fcb8b60a8c910089dd81c/File/gadabiforamugove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=virtual+sim+story+dream+life+general+questPDF 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_off0000ff85.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF85 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011797.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11797 17748 bytes
SHA-256: 164063392dfe5fe7918f2f6b9279dbd7b74b79f708b1077d1cd55dc7c49ef816
font_02_sfnt_off0001461e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1461E 11024 bytes
SHA-256: 69c62dd362999daf2e332720415ccb32991bdb2e58e6a2f0264d0120353de556