Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dff2732c7a6b64bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 20:02:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: c240c40bc0f7d12fb605eedbe04244eb SHA-1: 0b10b334767d06b1da7f0bc656803e2670d8c474 SHA-256: dff2732c7a6b64bb3512fb5cee94eaf8feecabb02353bb841610efe51eb11331
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 0.9978

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=md+anderson+surgical+oncology+handbook+6th+edition+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • http://sieuthimaynhapkhau.com/upload/files/60963866564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d28e0810fd---jesalepenuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/euecvj72vp6r1tv7ti3pf0d6j6/11956707474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bdb6a537bd2a3f9f875fdecd08d6f04/61160276559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jolanyee.com/upload/files/202108151806236716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076b36b4d7a0---17483053326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607df61ca14e4---39710897869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82569dbaec4eee8aeca1f7269f08abc2/wexedisudobopalakude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://messtores.ca/fck_user_files/file/62229957521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukierniabrzezinski.pl/www/artizam/fck/file/7384154269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f602c063153f317b1283a7fbd9ff43e2/4237978347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kyanite.tv/userfiles/file/moxanabatiguva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611312072e97c---93863985462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48iglsomgu62d0r6o0sli6gef0/valudij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sport-konyv.hu/userfiles/file/mezufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burnat-provins.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2763937609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fertilityupdates.com/userfiles/files/41633059011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magogaralbamoble.com/galeria/files/91505678684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuclubcr.com/campannas/file/79472053253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080348589652---jewuzimatuvox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aprilboya.com/userfiles/file/wagezorojag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prshots.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59048754987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exmar.it/foto_fck/file/62647743363.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_off0000cc28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC28 11592 bytes
SHA-256: 833e7ff43f0e0ed6e4a1386bb494d7c5e4b6395963d875f9e29f607fcbc939da
font_01_sfnt_off0000e745.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE745 17432 bytes
SHA-256: d34c84efe4e88718d80ff4a959ace164a458213e0d0c594a9c07e274e6ea4b33
font_02_sfnt_off00011488.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11488 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1