Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e1aa49d5b0b33cd2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 12:19:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 170f3fea9c8d6788522b28910f90c116 SHA-1: 5ce56fabb88c187b7d3395ac1322ef47d1f22ab3 SHA-256: e1aa49d5b0b33cd2aff383158467120740b81acccfaa6f73ddd11d55e38d9720
172 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. It uses an urgency-based lure. 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 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+train+your+dragon+gomovies PDF link annotation
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6d8b5879fc---wififudefigerekosido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wisdomtours.net/upload/file/83906041594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tnslib.net/userfiles/files/65191718809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhasachnguyenvancu.com/Images_upload/files/mikesitosemelalopen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074565da4069---dowesunimafaxumid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cissi.it/userfiles/files/31450942979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607125d2124e3---89282529524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ef98cc3dd6---19010359837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limuzine.md/userfiles/file/34126463635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608607b3734f5---71516162104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609efb2f32fcb---xejakosazuwosidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dyglas.com/userData/board/file/4571560320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albertopizzetti.it/userfiles/files/68100354652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pincailight.com/zk/UploadFile/file/2021062602505373499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/avs4aic9qpa6ui58m5ddre912f/20968082202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gotoko.com/cmsv2/upload/files/digituribubez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://associazionedynamica.it/uploads/file/fagejubobuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colegiosantarosa.com/uploads/imagem/file/pemozalonenowezoroke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f125d69482aa6abcd7959fd92029d258/wikevalemawuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shuimotongyuan.com/userfiles/file/68051808519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kripasec.com/userfiles/file/91640556377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edoxmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tktuecla7f0kra1ff9b0i4fs5s/demaxikofevutos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607247c21c5a6---90580760763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://planao.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61811936815.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_off0000ea6f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA6F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010286.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10286 10904 bytes
SHA-256: a564627f0f13a762625c01b31c375b3b683636de9035d17cc719eea9b0841f7e
font_02_sfnt_off00011b96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B96 18564 bytes
SHA-256: d6838a185b7b30fb7417c38df940b7223d4f3fb6d22fb186087fc9a550f8bce1