Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ec45a82d8d127aea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-08-04 10:11:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 219caf6330a847d7677c942dcd377fa0 SHA-1: 086479c70b658f8977ec40cfa24fac9e99498561 SHA-256: ec45a82d8d127aea8ba7c13ba2750fe06f9d81fff5905f5e0ee52ffe5c14cd95
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-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 http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073e81b9d226---diviponul.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dermatologomiguelgallego.com/miguel/fck/file/gevinizamiwupajerisira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c87bd69748---vumigiroginiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solidpractise.com/files/userfiles/file/lokideviwixamufale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chambres-a-la-ferme-plouzelambre.fr/userfiles/file/50215305829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cityhelps.org/clients/6/61/61afa7a028a8e04f14432b0fece6f2b0/File/pepibisokegur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9vuhckcik6bdofbvrbj9hjjg8n/5264120871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608730494cd8c---rakonapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff1756cf8538cd026e2f958edd6c457f/vonovala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creptiles.dk/userfiles/file/dinebesagelenolagatuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medica-eg.com/userfiles/file/tubizimenedelapafag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bufolari.com/public/immagini/file/46293909073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cd8327a7cf---63655008596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e82df45b223---10594579897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.redactordecontenidos.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f995e46b8c---4176956778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulceoyunlar.com/calisma2/files/uploads/lunapuvufezafojapugidasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/deb530456cb763a430102cb8c14d571b/kuzurod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af6e01ddd4e---bakexigedizefazivuzelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoschiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084cc6192fec---34515802362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaptenhoki.info/contents//files/gemabizexasid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lavaecucebrescia.it/file/98066971827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://change4best.ru/upload/file/83483299821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ffd3e1a17870f9fb48241e071bcd076/14856316510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mut-zur-veraenderung-hambuch.de/userfiles/file/1121034459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=daily+language+review+grade+5+answer+key+week+18PDF 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_off0000dbfc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBFC 18152 bytes
SHA-256: 6b5b95c04989804681870db53e46891bbd1bfd1b4e6384e4ea0b354b969e7367
font_01_sfnt_off00010ade.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10ADE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000122f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122F5 11060 bytes
SHA-256: 6727589c6e6f88ee27c007168d94c54a435f1672f572f4121d608be7892845b5