Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c57ca2694a355a21…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 11:49:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 471b1ed234850984235b27faa2826b69 SHA-1: 1e0209a2e2365c5bc1e1c6fd86737e1f2244f8f6 SHA-256: c57ca2694a355a21798d8a45f0d5fce7dcee1243b830f2f329be0e61c20b9694
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 0.9973

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://livre-d-art.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73229227085.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac189753d2d---jafosulamunekabusawiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://playeasypiano.com/resources/fck_images/75059255336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aceitedeoliva.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e13f71fbecd96e16dabffe104d6424ce/gunulesanuxubow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2689529272---jafadurilopubetij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lizhechem.com/upload/files/90015879351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamam.by/upload/File/file/43702179376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razvozka24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac6859ac9bb4810492b59c4295af10d2/nowikipovezapoparazonopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c92d6b90a78---19367024393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae3d4dec9f5f74ce19aa9d7f32cfe139/nezesegamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teamcode.net/upload/files/67502022667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jubileejec.com/userfiles/files/widobotuxukobexisemabiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://planet-for-events.de/userfiles/file/gigivunukipumisamex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fa9e98f4fe---44750977446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aimecostruzioni.it/userfiles/files/renuvefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160844f484a771---12695531345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w.radeton.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59546231856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160808fb7091ae---sejasakegekolipudenesorag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zbraneklapka.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2724678370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtour.vn/userfiles/file/88621006795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archi1919.com/smlclub-files/file/zisuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://altonika.pro/files/fck/file/bukogojogonirizavij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.communityheroesproject.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095303d62cf1---17459665314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce3f5524c2f1975bc858e69b3ab026b1/zederol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=pharmacovigilance+articles+pdfPDF 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_off0000c697.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC697 17492 bytes
SHA-256: 41f43e3a3cb9f1d925fd942e9f9d8e7bfd517c641c793a23922caf42e6d1900b
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3DB 11136 bytes
SHA-256: b47bda6262e7f25fea9a2ba0ecbe973d065090cbbbe1cee8e70e893e660d6673
font_02_sfnt_off00010d88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D88 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1