Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c5d149b6bd4d9921…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 07:57:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: e446c899370e088371f5cc59bd86281e SHA-1: 3616f3b36b3fb2497c666ee1c82edeb52ce6bded SHA-256: c5d149b6bd4d9921a77e468818737bec620aaadf4db4604b5df2bd4f123f0860
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 0.9951

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://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9bdc4503f2---kotevunaraforasaromeru.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://agroadvanced.com/app/webroot/newsletters/editor/files/38414861577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.greenbriarpropmgmt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d16f17cc1ac53e1ac0b920e0588b138/15867941754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celebicatering.com/upload/ckfinder/files/74562377626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c524bea539321789a754908fa5647b9/pedililedugesujuwuserud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sport-konyv.hu/userfiles/file/40513013167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haidangpc.com/contents/files/2280272433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fcc7a76aa6a---minemubotivirokuzutuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tripleccompanies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94ca16f75728b62b5e794e70679f9de4/92708220596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sasalidayanisma.org/uploads/file/towimewikibefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h7id0auqnut2ntr6m6kpa399mj/gowajumiwuderamut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eco-versute.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sinekudekipenorexogonexap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f8a3b14aeb---86027586775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obrienbuilders.com/userfiles/file/32370829395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wooshin.kr/uploaded/file/19543444586114b8993403c.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://em-mould.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/furetopazegovinok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dg21p44381llbiu1ggjosdbg2r/puvedaxogabesema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tanasiri.com/piceditor/file/zurexuroxud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607483cbc45b9---devewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kindytennis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160829e6024d33---48446827934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://murito.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kibir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c778c556bac2175e1e11980479e7da39/62752302996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coolingrealestate.com/your-home-cleaner/FCKuploads/file/5496873106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tonioloclaudio.it/userfiles/files/fuxanowadezanuvaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=fundamentals+of+computer+graphics+third+edition+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_off0000e959.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE959 17044 bytes
SHA-256: 46222b601d1c9113feab9fe6508584860081fe8d6676032345315bbf523fbe00
font_01_sfnt_off00011565.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11565 11144 bytes
SHA-256: 6fdb944217a0e577995a0e511691da7e2b7b9d538b9e618a1bf0e2a290320dc9
font_02_sfnt_off00012f02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F02 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1