Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c76d99d8ef7f6b1c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-06-27 17:00:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 054eac00f56a59c6b748bbd7d66215e2 SHA-1: e48ec6fbf5ab27afa80b7a06c6f0066c1d2fb9b1 SHA-256: c76d99d8ef7f6b1c37ac5c626ea327fadb27b7fd8adf245d530f3dc7840db5d0
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 0.9964

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://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7183866a77ff3dd5e456eca39ddc11e0/28589364723.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab874985889b14690e6dc7df19c073aa/jipulofefad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advantagelic.com/singhania/downloads/file/26741533013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlanthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6d4722a699bb0ba5e2bea6063d1251e/guzinib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609044f281dd4---gikaxotadipokon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086ae13bd3f7---38526728897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dui-antidote.com/images/userfiles/file/51864937622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ghnservizi.com/file/xuzefolovatubon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flgr.ru/files/files/20943623771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eko-inwest.eu/upload/file/88253160662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13d20cc32a2048b2237dfbb1de4c8b8f/madobovujezudogeriw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5641fb8adeea47606a09ef65820cea07/jipuvemilorewugik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a27d26b0f74---89759721677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608524c023e55---xirefivegamigubizap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cerescommoditiesltd.com/Images_upload/files/rejiwosaridelabem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sns.hu/_user/file/41030118019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c57c0659d2---fomomot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bahtiyardishekimi.com/fckfiles/file/napalepapikol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6817714cdcfa47133efff28792d9aeb1/datikez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lea-inc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f2507a5570c2b15704a3b8eef3be014/bazalomaziwofobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fa705c67ec---98003693329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ixtvs.de/_upload_bilder/_filemanager/file/10183511351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=download+novel+the+escorted+wife+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_off0000eae9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAE9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010300.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10300 10868 bytes
SHA-256: 31f0b7f83aa2e7e4a34e2d7da0760ac6ece500d2e2815ee9e9cdf29b852520a0
font_02_sfnt_off00011c18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C18 16992 bytes
SHA-256: 30c46055d0ce1a778a82a237cbaf883c25ef59b1d2639c3af12de80d3e8eb18b