Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f66f42c1bc98dcdd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-07-13 21:12:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 47009ac7b9c1d2eccdcec56fa1ac78f5 SHA-1: 9a7cfb095be17ed60d072eb93dc00554b0ce877d SHA-256: f66f42c1bc98dcddd92650845a2eab189a8c034244dd36aaa09328ed0dcce1d2
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 0.9942

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://vorne-sitzen.eu/pcms/content/file/sibanelifekevojamena.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4f3b45e77e---18371560674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestorkate.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/48482745156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a20d9937d22---19102353894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i8io0e8sdtf65cjdd9u5thges4/vetesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldapa.eus/files/galeria/files/84452302931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctkupavna.ru/upload/file/48917322928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://begemot-rus.com/uploadfiles/file/2021051308532273499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c951a9386c---lexomafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160704cfbaec86---lepejakurifipamelolumik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eksan-ltd.com/userfiles/file/gapeninoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.keystonecare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9db2addbdb14ddd5767ca4b7926fa75/metepim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8643a01f30---71369649852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maidnheaven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dfa67e0144---29957561943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/468d78eaf1d1312a34ecb02157fc5e78/vuraposes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actorconseil.com/files/file/kogumop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82dc4dbbe051d1eaecf17f8fd5e9c163/15688777045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burragebrothers.org/demo/jolie/beta/userfiles/files/26602488990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://henghuitong.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210624011140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariorigolon.eu/userfiles/files/79513231992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084ff6f228ad---sokovuzovixux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://go2germany.ru/files/file/wogowejovovinisebiboxerow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mii.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b58739b1a52e58be937eff5857690df/96896119107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doks-films.com/pcms/content/file/54704438157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b2dd701dac---wetulus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=reinstall+macos+clean+installPDF 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_off0000f685.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF685 10336 bytes
SHA-256: fabefc8b3bfafce4a92edd7906e6dd766ada74ea5d680dc1e7fb982b251ec1df
font_01_sfnt_off00010dd4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DD4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000125e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125E6 17480 bytes
SHA-256: 4a29e08c61009aae63ec17c8d5e19c7197c9cf09eae72498b14d6850d6d3a661