Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ef27a2f8fa57f5dc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-07-02 12:57:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-22
MD5: 0af51432090b21616af8e71dde08b42f SHA-1: b335b56aa800dcd6545127fd4aedb5dfb102d032 SHA-256: ef27a2f8fa57f5dce0a3aa194c541c19ae1168713dfe695776df4e585077e1fe
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 0.9947

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://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8ef70c0c06---63993181832.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080e5d849607---dizafisusenavego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carlojans.com/cms/file/silikuxorolonofefanoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvconstructionsgoa.com/pharma/admin/userfiles/file/68928150344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dineflon.com//files/63027876531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abpaluso.com/upload/file/57006316565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9140b78506---83122650651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mindentudor.hu/userfiles/file/bawogazotenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coreaad.com/DreamDataUpload/file/45149550527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banghetretruc.com/media/ftp/file/31432549503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rybczewice.pl/userfiles/file/pitutuvubepiruxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafesca.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zikagukobugubiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parfumzone.ro/files/file/46944029247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbbjg7ctfs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7516e522fbe84c2598e936de8836b50/98097655522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unseenadventure.com/userfiles/file/siwipowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160715f1fb5114---veraderovopetizon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78a44316753d6a6d396e99914478eac9/72500581401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h0c8ae773qr2i4e7i1h1nlauo2/zareletafamaviwut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab86d8d6946---pevovebugolubopabif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenld.com/userfiles/mibebiwojazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intestinalfortitude.org/clients/0/0c/0cf504f131cb0201443a7bd449519f4a/File/nejeribavelugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sattosushi.com/uploads/files/30262385041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mcrlclient.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62321643759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kasekimi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7720c7bd7---33584704555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=simple+present+and+present+continuous+conversation+questionsPDF 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_off0000f36b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF36B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010b82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B82 11060 bytes
SHA-256: d16f0e4e8617c6070f6af0bd5702e56e1b8ee20cbb9c2aecd430dd61e8573055
font_02_sfnt_off00012501.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12501 17488 bytes
SHA-256: 020c740d0229be589819f0b57e05da7715476f354c02a19a6c7f295e12116293