Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa52fd7c9df70d30…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 20:24:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: f44bc53de1e6a77e7aa7d328480f4a1f SHA-1: 7e0d104482a06348498f14a704b470c888194dc6 SHA-256: fa52fd7c9df70d304deb3365a6f0bac8be7ab3057ddaab254c7d4c697578baca
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-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://sutphinsgermanshepherds.com/clients/21958/File/90102725784.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://naszymsladem.pl/upload/file/4867760734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoprofi.ua/userfiles/file/20874713918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078285fb5858---rabevafufegolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashmeredreams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b80412c8feac0c6f1e84b54fddff64b8/65248822623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecadff19799a3913fe90e247933f9448/67207826903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0333cbb373215da11cd2b759f10f5d3f/dagelugolakis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inistor.com/ufiles/files/gigolinefasebavurudigire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://specimport.by/files/files/91882144230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnyuanzong.com/uploads/files/20210829162532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://locum-system.pl/userfiles/file/worifewizixobig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ever-progress.com/upload/files/60662519017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bedandbreakfastchia.it/userfiles/file/21840891811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55a408518c5af1dcf1de00b53e243ed8/827917920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xo-sound.ru/userfiles/file/96921973820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/febf122b6310e0d03ef98195fcc9b42d/bemazagij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611f7fc2f08f4---69790116885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/raur8md36hgetsms267b2q4abt/jopatedatererojizimobubor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tcdtbj66sorqcp5qsnrc2ge6vp/57941364775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mnogonomerov.ru/uploads/file/19451038110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cibaospalaser.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05qgudm1th6j5592j1bpdhcvlu/32201761408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfce1a1c6c7---tobisapesinalara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legyenegyjonapod.hu/userfiles/files/92471250613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/kufidirezirewunetitim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=manual+nespresso+creatistaPDF 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_off0000de3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE3A 17388 bytes
SHA-256: a8544215c53e59c8d695e6df2597d98b4646b53a40884e83a9117ebc2fd30a36
font_01_sfnt_off00010b77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B77 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001238e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1238E 10460 bytes
SHA-256: 2b3302bbfb5a005ca8e4bda222b41c8137c47ef15fb3596b2018e74760c0ce8e