Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 de5da727e4594991…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 09:33:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: cd41159399994b2943df43408cdb3d80 SHA-1: bbdc81c6bf85e366cf51d4176ccb2d53c3bfb147 SHA-256: de5da727e4594991e5693bf5245cef4d8bcef4a74965f2e18125fa33bc3f3bfe
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 0.9953

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 http://alemotta.com/resources/original/file/21754780021.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4nrela796n38raq3kv537stsku/97434468867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/504e7178230bbfcaaba319984a57078f/2940147287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a06fc29a997bf614818a0aef4607924e/pijifaxonevuxawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jerseybankruptcylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/5075584717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2918bf1f20---nejanos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095926c5e18d---filowupovewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchtextile.com/userfiles/file/xexubimolaganagapexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afayl.com/userfiles/file/sutizagevasisojanoteku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1b50a0509a3bff47c4e9904f068b778/86022571297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leakefamilyreunion.com/clients/63964/File/fezozevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/345a6efa7935301a29461faed06bc6ef/66033571802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joyear.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fewidabelujareta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cf43a83efb4899aa044871e1dc11708/kusanotawivalifoluso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acmemask.com/upfiles/editor/files/7718393693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bordadoindustrial.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26699440116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ce570984ea---13733872782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastindiaspray.com/suvra/eastindia_spray/files/luwolevufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k5ipo580tdcaf80tuo2u131ig0/56830881878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cavalier-hundezucht.ch/userfiles/file/8702662457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nrgmedia.hu/files/file/5121426176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vigiweb.cl/dinamicos/files/file/51639685364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8a6986bb6b96f7fc440da51b392076e/ximazigigeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fu-xin.tw/uploads/files/202109011953363184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=tutorial+sap2000+bahasa+indonesia+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_off0000d4f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4F0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED02 16924 bytes
SHA-256: 5baf9057deefacaff7f51640604841db258e9b37f6730ca56d73e5d68ce65e85
font_02_sfnt_off000118d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118D6 11040 bytes
SHA-256: 2892571c703497a8c365eac1dc19ef4a8dde2e5f6c9e1e0fafedd024c4e12441