Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e7a46f9aa953a503…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.5 KB Created: 2021-08-16 14:43:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 57e553f7795ed61541efe42a4f3ceb2d SHA-1: 0285c8b7bb199f71c5a6eb7381a7214736a5d550 SHA-256: e7a46f9aa953a503ae5ecb55a1a080b36d93f5ee64d910b4723d74e0ad5cef89
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 0.9994

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 http://vrtaspol.cz/klienti/devel/sneznerolby.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19061893739.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://alasclub.gr/neuro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17023337698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iphonerepairservice.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/gesur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hkacca.com/userfiles/6679779630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almoheetmanpower.com/public_html/userfiles/file/movokolozuxusokuliwixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ac4f264073---rexikotibado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607822091734a---patosedunurobis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kzlo.pl/fotki/fotki/file/79723856490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kompaspt1.com/contents//files/37662350684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nashcentralfalcon.com/clients/d/d5/d5bea9c86035def548a020f7371d19fe/File/29165281863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idd.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gugiwobemuboboza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cssh.es/img/file/dezojumiderimojowuzugaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indigobaby.eu/upload/files/buvujepexemijarogovajin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079ceaf30474---43943613024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://momsystem.ru/public/file/kanewewuxuvarulisunavuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f38c308fa3---vebeperozaxatubibebiduwog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almoheetmanpower.com/public_html/userfiles/file/91669401350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://art-lamps-rali.eu/files/file/64149122059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608253a14154a---zudogomenebutapej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sevenchurchestour.net/seven/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be721905986---tarotuwimugozewinure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://preprodpcb.com/userfiles/files/nifew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/todrolf4cvpu13lq164gtmuu9a/48485590737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=express+vpn+cracked+free+apkPDF 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_off0001007d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1007D 17816 bytes
SHA-256: e4c5ca523869863335f6b9ee55967001b5b69294e53b5de7419ec305e49f63f9
font_01_sfnt_off00012e50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E50 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014667.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14667 10500 bytes
SHA-256: 5f9894d940e39ddc68887f5cb86555d5945e89a943f5eaed28b09005811a5262