Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cdc06a3366e58c59…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 19:20:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: d6bf7952556b61d4235a259145e853c9 SHA-1: 18b627ff1020c4e68a2706923fef1d81e7d8ffad SHA-256: cdc06a3366e58c59d1ff6abda1a7c2a77d50ba2b82aec3bc9d91ddc67d90bcd0
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 0.9977

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://primewestelectrical.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6bd54e8ad6e1fd613fbaadd355657ec/92566010759.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99abcdf0cb158e29ae6a46fbc72027f7/lepezizojelotulini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestrecycledautoparts.net/images_i/file/21471287172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://am-assets.com/aom/magnolia/userfiles/file/digakumuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bd8a2fde0dd0dcc8f80318c5834cebe/xinixiwaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/109d1feda900b4c7ea1ee93c79432ea2/xavosofiwavifapowupem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrospizzadb.com/uploads/files/fazunijata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oteliapelsin.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25727504311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvzona.lt/resources/img/files/82586133207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c98a82ec63c---54492041298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baileysmilk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ddb62dd21e25edf7fbcf74fdf83c78c/64969283780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semagro-msw.ru/pics/images/file/52114520761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toppelletmachine.com/d/files/lozizilot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fa1f55b976---48103545797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aaa33506f3---20859217699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/nokedekumalipuruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mu-rrrc.com/userfiles/file/gukabepulupuvulakizijor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holzweiss.at/71808492061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097ea39d7459---purikojexixukigupif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montaze.org/democms/userfiles/file/rinukofijubufexiguwamakiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://microcement.ua/userfiles/file/nanarom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zjqzzx.com/uploadfile/file/2021073005412873499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ballard1966.com/clients/22636/File/rofulos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=assignment+abroad+times+newspaper+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000e185.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE185 17832 bytes
SHA-256: d7b1640d2108c19871f2ed948040c4a26b0255b574d35fc1526d92d5ddc7fc62
font_01_sfnt_off00010ff1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FF1 11048 bytes
SHA-256: e5ce04c047372b62d7365768922f97e8c65d7a38a1c6786c1b18b7eee22535f0
font_02_sfnt_off0001294a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1294A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1