Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f4f74d87dd05e930…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 15:55:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 3b97779994567264d8be7a91615ed83d SHA-1: dcea81648838214b3fc45874c7fa83690940e0f7 SHA-256: f4f74d87dd05e9306799dfefa327d4673e3f1f6af3b2bc93f5c9a1c72ee183f9
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 0.9973

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://wijnhuis-vaessen.nl/site/data/ws/files/taran.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1608eb7a6d7aee---begarijitufatesalukij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zzwgjx.com/d/files/17437718281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chrisdepanneservices.com/Sites/cds/files/25921554589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082f65d6d0c1---diwive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingsbuffalo.com/uploads/files/pinimefiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093b2b331cdc---mezisozerebodus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mpressivelabels.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lezusiwonixawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cs-web-design.de/ablage/userfiles/files/liwogidiludelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leebyunghun.org/new/upload/board/files/rotow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607abec08d2ca---83489084363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2kk6bsj6efuufpace3k8b4b6q5/rubiraduvarezozivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078601936d02---jixamixipodusoziwozikovev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://posicert.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-15/20210815055108637752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trungnguyenjsc.vn/uploads/image/files/fubowiwilomemat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c531c016e47---18198001006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propertiproperty.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/luwixubabazep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mebco.ru/images/file/ziligukidolufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a1200aac54---28264306734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brette-animation.com/userfiles/file/bavigumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u1pk7lhivtc3qfefqqjt9lmavr/27308541198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karapinler.com/calisma2/files/uploads/54773252405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naasschoolofmotoring.ie/fckeditor/userfiles/file/surebenijudujanofararo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7926d939e02e732a50ecd04df30324c2/sigefuwuturapuwafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+make+dashboard+in+excel+2010+pdfPDF 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_off0000f577.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF577 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010d89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D89 18464 bytes
SHA-256: 07b97637072827f9a59dbdf3493a22f2ff150d2b77ab5a1eb6dccaf3163473c4
font_02_sfnt_off00013db0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DB0 11588 bytes
SHA-256: 12df095379b86da5d3df85a15431ac42341e38bc405bc5156bda02658d6004ea