Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e448c2baeb8efc79…

MALICIOUS

PDF

109.8 KB Created: 2021-09-04 03:51:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 12a56087027d8f6d1e42212b7951e43e SHA-1: 6f8a2208d642dd1ee69057381f68ce008a8cb463 SHA-256: e448c2baeb8efc79448491158e6d28a7fbc56399a757a017ce8f1f7710dfd451
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 0.9967

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=stihl+battery+weed+eater+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16113dad007058---46718852223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/535572a37da1fc5e5a9060a9b6ecc2e3/94219958704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atol-res.pl/uploads/file/26597571657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3d9cc18d86---nikimewuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/44880119747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gayaarchi.com/userfiles/file/20210717044840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blokhol.com/upload/files/kosirif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://criteriacambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4c01be2rhf9u9vcj83i6rfu69/gejalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lemarko.com/userfiles/file/68416689183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southwest66reunion.com/clients/f/f6/f6f8b7bd17d60304c359e527a2c43449/File/46553732189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa01kpdtcdc6bgahpc028h2th2/gubufewekorabuxonab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traviet36.com/upload/files/jateguzegiwakanafin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86ea193fba7c551a87a49ec7dba61acf/ranopizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://performanceltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cb088df9492ac11b503c44c0719c74a/39030836088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc583227192fe7a4444a26830a99bd0c/23243362993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b55f215249fd9a6041981bd0a0955d6/32734223942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eseninternational.com/uploads/files/48698304762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-coeppicus.ch/userfiles/files/14948758456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://local-atlas.ru/userfiles/files/tafopotasorudin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160873fcdd8d04---zepeduveriwegudokeruzuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoiotelecom.com/imagens/img_fckeditor/file/68512912071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doyen.cc/images/upload/File/7166543833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f9673156a1941823bf9d77b24c16eec/47243289150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wonwon.taipei/photo/file/55681749721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160738c5733137---50457890447.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_off000147d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x147D4 18752 bytes
SHA-256: 9bf0a5e8e0cad70c0afb1fe1a7cfa1cbb80b90a3bb050a5fd83394aec68fe381
font_01_sfnt_off000178ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x178AC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000190c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x190C3 10740 bytes
SHA-256: e2ef2a1ffa45d69b4fbebd18b2a51bc309c667c0546e40e6d70480658f48ccba