Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e7ccf4bd523fc091…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.4 KB Created: 2021-09-04 20:47:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 57696cbeba7db0fcfc79051a20757385 SHA-1: 1df1090a4b03dafd838951bc1f6b4e2d02fee6fb SHA-256: e7ccf4bd523fc091fd268cc2e42c3b31517d2a8e313e6c8a0c1db9746b6eb633
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

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, presents a deceptive download button and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://bsbcarpet.com/userfiles/file/37320296119.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pharmnet.cz/ckfiles/files/files/60379711115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gastrotest.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14504842928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61167ccdb52c94ac5dffdaf43d6deb0a/samuluwufaxesadefov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160905eb234876---kolifep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161336a5cbe4a2---tanevemoputipoluwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banghetretunhien.com/media/ftp/file/63179296345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fleschimmo.lu/userfiles/files/40012356696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb2b1abde8---sapuzejexedepixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160befcbaab3b7---26845932073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://magatek.com/documents/file/33344249637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tulsarad.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tiwugunadopudivetuvufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://identik.hu/editor_up/88149510232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81b2378aeaf187a8810ff35e5e1b3b00/12286718254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://citywideok.com/clients/75789/File/punamewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c18c88e0bfaee6511e5e36d85d538bf/55286722622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://banghenails.com/upload/file/67177893499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gdr.co.il/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/209f11504359c06ef27da33884b2d41a/86893378403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgdivorcelawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0bb47070c2fde912620e0fffee6d791b/rifepekelotifefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pelesiuvalymas.lt/i/File/litizisowega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chronicles.ae/userfiles/files/ganozowuwupibobixutaxozur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prana.video/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27pivvj87vsp359ctb0andqags/14321985751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=center+point+scope+manualPDF 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_off0000c57b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC57B 17796 bytes
SHA-256: 719f80f2211e50c47709d038d78298c0368fd97c34636150109119442b006491
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3D6 10668 bytes
SHA-256: 4e3a78d64c51c2487fdfe029ce663be909c240d689df5d744e0291d309ae8908
font_02_sfnt_off00010c49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C49 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1