Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ef9825690c4f3613…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.5 KB Created: 2021-08-16 11:18:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: ec6223c3cecc1fafa7ff42a1fdfc545e SHA-1: 80ca359b331c13f7354fe0029f4167dd2c457dbb SHA-256: ef9825690c4f361395832f03b283c7117e28aeb2817675cf90b03b2695467aca
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 0.9990

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 https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aeb7dbe76e914343208dc4ecfc4afecd/25937762875.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://poorclarescork.ie/images/34091957611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nsdadventist.org/FCKData/file/80509950589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e7b58c89fe6---78739936242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bptramptour.pl/files/file/16429709697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddc-touggourt.dz/ar/files/72656749989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5g9c9s0sjh1kche7rsf1rotjh0/merigabukoxoxujosuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinafunnels.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7q3v2e5c41s0pcd6mu4iuehi90/83264883561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51564acf334b8c828e1543a5ebd85a62/xojujedirozasizesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehouseconcert.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40017438734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eminencesolutions.in/resources/userfiles/file/lokuwotoveko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamedunyasi.com/calisma2/files/uploads/runagidojuzifusumoxesatap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161008913f3958---70685768889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a05bc4c416---xavegufebusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad338baef80399967e987c0cbddf89da/96429428896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qfi8c48ppb6eg7vblp4gkbdv74/39721980634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ranahytta.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23393707385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auxerretv.com/content/public/file/14893539659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/wivodobodazabexosefag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hockeydh.com/files/ups/files/2916914759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160840e972d85b---zavazitosuxonejojovuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l4k7457u40459ik69u0iomq6ot/23565915237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vattucongtrinh.com/userfiles/file/bevurizonemawopas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halmar.info/userfiles/file/zikulefojanibivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r5eik9pcj93mlos0gt4mgib5m0/lujoraxopitexanom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=summertime+saga+latest+version+download+for+pcPDF 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_off0000f240.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF240 11288 bytes
SHA-256: 06c81507ccd6fe038cb9187d793fe5a81907659298d9cdcb161b9e4e29b0b0bc
font_01_sfnt_off00010c9f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C9F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000124b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124B1 17352 bytes
SHA-256: 98fd8eefa8ee1a27a7d6aa9a63e1d3fa7bd9ae2dfe4cf85013072a38cd7611dc