Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0123ec34211a2107…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.7 KB Created: 2021-07-04 14:46:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: edb5c531c47e22c58e77a0d292fb7342 SHA-1: 790877f9ce3c1d9f04164efbd423452b5a20f4c5 SHA-256: 0123ec34211a210742d76c66f48a7904f78deca287bc03670f5120ef533b2b15
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Multiple heuristics point to the PDF being part of a link farm hosted on compromised websites, designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' lure reinforces this phishing-like behavior.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://envomask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/954c6632fbcc2d60d2bb6e5e9e7b6842/xipoxubuvolaxa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kristenpell.com/userfiles/files/mutafovewobagugejapegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12622e9641144735cc824f06b656c9c4/ruwamik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohappy.org/userData/board/file/75511149327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timebymtm.com/upload/files/fisumisavoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0ebf4420df880989637f327c369299d/55917555117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empylean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fmdnd70is18of57ihnfh1ouhjv/xajujapelenusuzasiditokuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kme-kme.cz/files/file/70529555536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4fc789b7a2f9a306ea55d697bcf15cb/16716233995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baileysmilk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79e22164554d10ed7a1f4dc22c8a8090/19672894515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etre-cheval.fr/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/etre%20cheval/news_pix/file/lobomavuzunin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ff5f1404d18535f17f44b1736762b1b/807046265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jclifeschools.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74af61153973d31536911ce425fba240/mivunefabibologu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdf80fd447ee8a3fb898e790b0fba6b6/dozizufaweloji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf5bf35554787bee93f838797c671c3f/ripamikagenekopemun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mousike.it/img_ins/files/vomadisezogitajusof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d1ebb853ce---sulunolerad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7b32a8bc9e---82764654141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608852277842a---zesetovenuvow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095af3579d0a---sufumogusefavozabiwufipim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nesthomes.in/userfiles/file/39282677795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+make+light+brown+color+paintPDF 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_off0000ce14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE14 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e62b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE62B 10960 bytes
SHA-256: 2b0e23030425efbf713a49cffd92b883d0061e9e837f72d70df4eda559b48336
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF24 18208 bytes
SHA-256: c8daf836728e312a473c6498a0ecd52900f9bf53c088e73233e000e37e880d56