Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e85ace0f729ed0d1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 01:51:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 8cb20606aedd52ebeb144848d3de0e21 SHA-1: cdd85b3e01a12e566a3b3b854884d419cd8c932a SHA-256: e85ace0f729ed0d1f944767b1f876ab1cbb5601c1975c18cee4df381560f3537
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 0.9974

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://daindnc.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/fajapek.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://alajuusa.ee/media/contents/file/lopitij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lrdepqcvpcbr5n3no5vv41ulg4/92236776621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportingclubalbinia.eu/userfiles/files/41846982472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peterdegendt.be/file/84556766522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobrejaja.com/Upload/file/fovadegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b433f3666bd---74629571943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lnc59buouand6h8b0rfspgosq3/domimarisafox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2474c529420774ff826e221c1db75754/nofiwusukajodubuges.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f4c9864b17d---redegodemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/821e63bffd955c66672f6167eb9da47b/zofarobefelafusaderesok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htddienstverlening.nl/userfiles/file/37511520671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flexrocksrollovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6bpur0ppkucnkvngrdo07g36as/xiwokenutowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hlmtiikrjaho2er3t3na34m0nc/56179070889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://i-daa-wl.de/userfiles/xugunavugas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgpropertylawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f9bec1be0d7576d188792bf5cdfa050/ladap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geniuschulatutor.com/userfiles/files/31392142373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golaw.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16111ea76a86db---pujujelibujosofadiraf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d36aceb72df---pufoborebivogara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abnicum.com/files/file/41240060425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sudaff.com/pics/file/19143859846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dr.schure.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/musufilumaroriz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huthamcauquanggiap.com/upload/files/nisodipipawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7c4fa323bf72f38741d65c1edea349d/wibor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f171c43657b6e4c8862f85fc056bd4b/97606033787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+merge+online+lovePDF 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_off0000e197.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE197 10336 bytes
SHA-256: 00815538793346a60107eb853fc16125c803b8974f124d3f5dc619cfc2578573
font_01_sfnt_off0000f894.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF894 18496 bytes
SHA-256: 1c0dabef9d2523072dc5ada8b524a17a2432d4fee419d9c3ec4155bc339cea3b
font_02_sfnt_off00012875.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12875 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1