Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e2d1caf9e699b0d3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.9 KB Created: 2021-08-21 23:50:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: f717393d4b1c425bbcb481efe3b20acf SHA-1: cdf4b93635db9f28f5c2561a6aed90e981b32697 SHA-256: e2d1caf9e699b0d317f48a8e35f15756f0a0e8a275253f47366d0eb9088d08cd
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 0.9985

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://lion-trading.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ka6p99ugl52fdu20c5vtf5ef7/79445392148.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mwcapital.net//ckfinder/userfiles/files/61180266848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calmoinc.com/upload/editor/file/27115564996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vandolderskb.com/images/usr/kebonasipop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eobliecky.sk/userfiles/file/74282857202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://williamshudson.org/clients/3/35/35bf74ce48b5c120232fd40fb4fe3e45/File/67266751542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sentinels.ro/userfiles/file/mobakibaferexemodawefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a61fdaa364e---wikimag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dnmpaint.com/sdcc/images/file/99595508646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a69fcf341dd---voxezusekoruzel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asoriofrio.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90140911331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mondoacquapiscine.com/userfiles/files/71234301448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africanhairbraidingsalon.com/userfiles/file/bubitose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-1/20210701043004839942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alihuata.com/userfiles/file/vezodexavujasukij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zoncmswebsitebeheer.nl/files/editor/file/jiwowumipenoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160877b527c3c9---90065390668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bwhe.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20371949378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usa-ex.com/images/blog//file/19840851519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fd1af1cdca6---73693013780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staples1981.com/clients/b/ba/ba027a536d51c1d997ee76cae6dc9017/File/lerupexidideratosibowon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be0d38e980d---badilero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphasigmaoverseas.com/userfiles/file/bitamefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6909bdd359---70638351188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metricgroup.it/uploads/file/97066775882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=astm+f1554+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0001018d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1018D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000119a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119A4 10896 bytes
SHA-256: 0e8f79ee75952e86b1761442a718ac5f093af4280cd522d425561755b70873e4
font_02_sfnt_off00013307.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13307 18756 bytes
SHA-256: d691dde4df4dae74d5935cf741cc0a080857d91ba4b02a5b8a5c786762385d42