Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e00e71dd583bfc0c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-07-09 18:27:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: f3e14c7dda405c4bfcb0113b0a900bd2 SHA-1: 1d389dab16d75dbc983b9bacf27d5f3d62b65b41 SHA-256: e00e71dd583bfc0c12596d80822fcd9bad13ba384ca64a2dc79a108bc37ab440
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 0.9947

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://briarcliff70.com/clients/874901/File/72724328684.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://expresstestingatl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86c190ed29b496790b34d0bafd6f0a52/tivoxogufisivaxuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sealjet.mn/pictures/files/gosovonikujolon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ff8bd92f72d3da3fb9b81331419f196/xigovelev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geneolock.com/locktactyuma/userfiles/file/rulowisinetape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viessmannboilers.ca/fck_upload/file/butejifetidisatusazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meadescafe.com/userfiles/file/69540833012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6aab1e1a452b3e6974dbd9638427aae8/pidupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scilights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c97b85d069f246f462291469eb39269/2694911752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dineflon.com//files/rigabiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/77649481018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160798067dfe86---vejabuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wonikqnc.com/upload/editor/file/1623993730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076f7d645dae---rukiradixodegagupusew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4e17b2c209---zogof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dchs1961.com/clients/871949/File/tubenipolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vokalensemble-vocembalo.ch/userfiles/file/juzetiminodogosurilinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://privatecambodiatour.com/userfiles/file/25847955510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c336359c73a---visopowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b541305a899---85351515350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruoumoc.com/upload/files/movubes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://energooptima.hu/upload/File/94489503846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leuphuotcamap.com/uploads/image/files/deliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artside.org/data/temp/file/74271277217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=tri+county+cremation+servicesPDF 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_off0000ef92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF92 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000107a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107A9 10588 bytes
SHA-256: 7b7086590dd5d166d9204fb7c1147774b7a35de1b21338a3cd977e690354a79f
font_02_sfnt_off00011fe8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FE8 17236 bytes
SHA-256: 75739e8d610138b79da5d7cc5a5e94d8f9fbb45c6cc0b97b9c20f8159ab61813