Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 de7ec6d0f55de736…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.7 KB Created: 2021-08-08 13:13:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: a57159532512064a3d90c899c5e8ef8c SHA-1: 9e1f33f7ac34d2c7baa7e6531060c9ca7e591a04 SHA-256: de7ec6d0f55de7367faf6ace09ce0294636bdcc672a00fb2bf5fd575b874e3a0
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 0.9973

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=grade+6+maths+worksheets+printable+south+africa PDF link annotation
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071b6ecaf529---sanejopejepemoxamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://youkuvpn.com/upload/files/25341631782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mostex.sk/files/articles/file/67590782866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.esthemed.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bad3d2ddad---53249459917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160712a0428531---rovagizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richiefamilyreunion.com/clients/7/7d/7d03816b951c94fc7c065ced7c7ccdcd/File/32111519931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avonsteel.com/UserFiles/file/52262334122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattingtoemrerogsnedker.dk/userfiles/file/76538692981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zvezda-rostov.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/boxomegifegabatesadazoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0516.com/userfiles/file/20210704112612_j0wmb9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lhort2qqegife6bfb7l250jjeo/kowudesuxomelilut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46in582p49ldob3tluh0ma5t9k/1812206785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namdolove.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210714_4CE2A15FC3B29236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlumacz-lipno.pl/pdrzewiecki/files/xupawefiwetirupuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bayanairag.com/uploads/userfiles/files/39735223751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://essaidafm.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/27967591355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hattoco.vn/images/ckeditor/files/wurivujiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160798e20c6579---nitasaxop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7c8247dbc8---65009915760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608538411bfd1---20775174430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kl6gm2evhl4744ejofgef1u3cd/niginirijivumujimiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e486fab5b1---luzijusaxosikud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/baa13e232d9315603e4bc6472c15582b/jugaraxilizog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cytairtool.com/test/userfiles/file/20210620_34254.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_off0000f77c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF77C 17584 bytes
SHA-256: 0e5c46b4c2c77df7bd8d5f35a4f86260a8d92ff0af4bfe4f50d581c856680c35
font_01_sfnt_off000125eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125EB 11508 bytes
SHA-256: 23d436f9910a737d5885339ea0597c2bfb42dc414b0076dea598bae5e0184f12
font_02_sfnt_off000140dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x140DC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1