Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c8cea7873b685464…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 13:26:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 3082fe464d3a9c8795e616ad56919c9b SHA-1: 847ee55a6182926eb1776e7d235fafffa3db3e83 SHA-256: c8cea7873b68546463dd609327bc63e24280f4bac6eca921be16596784c15569
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 0.9969

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://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070d121439fe---dupulenumuvuda.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c61ec2c6e12---52735611510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://preprod.app-nomads.com/ugecam/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48119730875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bisleriuber.genefied.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56972602956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bac800915a---famisatejagasuwapoxevadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdavloeren.be/userfiles/files/tugapesorebameresud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xetnghiemadndanang.com/upload/userfiles/files/juwad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d64791a5b6---juxagejumegogasuwepobobab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160913ab241c05---70723423163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c771b70dcb3---gimasotowiperuvifeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sva-jeanroze.com/xmedia/file/91107120293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongdanhaudio.com/luutru/files/89380725018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muguet.fr/sites/default/files/file/lakodizefuwajezusig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mixmarketing.vn/upload/fck/file/jevusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.conkite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c79cc7b60b1c33ba200f71c6e6463d65/tenamive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicolari.it/userfiles/files/63395713476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/94306971837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baove24h.info/upload/files/70925294379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e5295fbc8e7757a2d998c9c4af16b51/zivunejigerosabasigas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gavinlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/vumagunogaposojeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mulroyenvironmental.ie/userfiles/file/voginatuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vljainandco.com/userfiles/files/wagoxike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tiguan-wiki.ru/file/zidusevijadareme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eacbc95a9efe1854242489fefb91a0fa/fiseno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-tta.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/65839784903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=paris+map+download+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_off0000cefd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEFD 10516 bytes
SHA-256: 83a240f825eb71ebcf42689f7c87117c674f315e1444b8723903c4f09be66326
font_01_sfnt_off0000e6de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6DE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fef0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEF0 18776 bytes
SHA-256: 5dc06de7dae85f6aebbf58346a52aaabe95d0730a2ecb8d3ac0fe8f40de6b715