Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 da773b06d48ba1f1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-09-09 03:00:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 2f20343a4211c38e69cac9736bde6fd8 SHA-1: 827f7228ae450988bc5a3774a15d5e2920f643e3 SHA-256: da773b06d48ba1f1b919980985727492e94aebc0e34ad7349294e2694820fb7d
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

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, presents a deceptive download button and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=neet+2020+h3+answer+key PDF link annotation
    • http://48bulls.com/js/upload/files/21846291757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161341e7dafec7---23993973440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ossokahve.com/upload/file/2184624690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://borik.customreal.sk/data/files/zeguvuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strap.sk/uploads/files/kidadilujopuzagoresino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madurastones.com/userfiles/file/64881418128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amdind.com/userfiles/file/nowaxumew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161371b885b702---koviwisabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dancleland.com/img/upload/file/xivabos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cerrutistudio.eu/userfiles/files/tifopusuvonekasik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dienlanhhuubinh.com/upload/files/jumadavewiwet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161393e7656dd4---bovativev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135866a1ed4e---51449921365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dfwsedan.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/vabamapogirisukibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ellenia3.eu/userfiles/files/14048192529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://takramaipai.com/mypicture/file/59224228681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viral-list-machine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/31982374064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efed35d24ef2a83c8b703f6a35267a6c/wawepalupisufasusutiwis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slstudio.it/userfiles/files/xodakixorifawek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fleschimmo.lu/userfiles/files/fiwuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://equalland.com/uploads/File/bevimivonevikuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energy-labels.com/userfiles/file/99862748220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://to-tuong.com/media/ckfinder/files/35243686998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objets.immoweiss.lu/userfiles/files/tivazufatofug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nwatchonline.org/userfiles/file/livijotalafujujuzegebajov.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_off0000cee3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEE3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e6fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6FA 10632 bytes
SHA-256: 7237c6c18331c340fd55a98c7ad502c46ee2f1c990bdaa5d8534ce32b68ec55a
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF74 18324 bytes
SHA-256: f521873d5b3b32a81d5b91a40ab862b35aaa2742d8a064e9c976fea81e7d92a1