Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c891d78cfac33d0b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 09:17:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 1f9ee0928ee2a789268d1cab6caacd83 SHA-1: 8dded18a48454ec2c32b189c49ee00121078d8c3 SHA-256: c891d78cfac33d0b7828b3a397308f9be6e0467128f127837c1c03d8bbb3f8ae
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 0.9981

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tnpsc+group+2+notification+2019+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • https://norservis.info/files/files/15225090149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uppercanadatwocylinderclub.com/clients/877835/File/65998724745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://z87992961.com/upload/files/20210809092233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ugrctrani.it/userfiles/files/pirubebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jnfarley.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1he44j837vvcej4rn3gh6co3n2/9829037202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084b0e42a621---99554567564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q3osj15hsjqktktof479jf00o3/64666395831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5808da42c5a8613bba7ea3bf9e01fb20/26617259335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/13638204190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irinka.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5220440974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1fd9e661533fa70eba723720a2a365d/4530423920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607333e492e01---61721883581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truegridpaver.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf6c618d7bd5ff0e1b3c998c118eac52/powanefaromegome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82sj9i7u9sitcbeuvq9em5b115/gelanefonag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f777g5k2hcq6iakj3qiae5rvo3/butezumofatabuwuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.europesolidaire.eu/userfiles/files/zagegemerewagipuwafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://facades-et-traditions.com/actualites/file/19191525493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cba06e8280---12325345454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceccarmehedinti.ro/userfiles/file/dasaveboxaxatevekovodori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thueotodn.com/uploads/image/files/73605115211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b79ff087f24443b9f1547b4e23c134d8/waderamunupaveju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pindimana.in/uploads/file/votudisejenabukovam.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_off0000d63f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD63F 17816 bytes
SHA-256: c26b984b3bee08aa4e134eb2b01ada051748d5ff330b23fcba379ca090e9ef1e
font_01_sfnt_off0001039c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1039C 11276 bytes
SHA-256: 3f43549e4a153c876baed5e091a50d1108c090d722fbce64c39dfd5436a7ee76
font_02_sfnt_off00011e2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E2A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1