Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0137e90886b42551…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 00:47:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 8e145a0f5a9fee9e96c8eeacc50230dc SHA-1: e4279c71a8794f8fe92a987d34203fedf01a38f5 SHA-256: 0137e90886b42551309beb7dfbae84b71c7c3fbe29539cdede569156c9477d67
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised websites and potentially disposable hosting, likely intended to lure users into downloading further malware or engaging in phishing activities. The presence of external URIs and link farm heuristics strongly suggests a malicious intent to redirect users to untrusted sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=asan+tajweed+urdu+pdf+free+download PDF link annotation
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06f28fd0daefa433ef5f3ae5097fce08/zeporikek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608551ab732b7---48771001080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villa-margherita.biz/userfiles/files/5134246105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16123be4d0a8aa---xobiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwlargo.com/uploads/files/zanoxofifupejotisobafigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orderbestwings.com/uploads/files/67063376489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadianrelocation.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084f7dbc90ca---soxorilavon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brukbet.com/user_images/file/jobisebenatotogunizopunex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cncunse.com/d/files/rupupaboxewijozuvoxekomiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bac852765ceaeeba663dfa2983c229c4/wojizodikatev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itnetworkconsultingsf.com/helpdesk/app/webroot/img/userfiles/files/2096278520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160987ee86ab15---luxekuxiwufuzimura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/56192791801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dd-eng.com/files/files/2222440727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblo.com/app/webroot/img/files/8297754007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070011bf2a08---rebogonipiseme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086f54c5d86b---vuxuselesibugaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingcarmotorista.net/uploads/files/jejosuden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e8428be892---fosezinowiwagutomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/373839e1adbb45311535e6f4e7ebc802/6520687055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d245209a4b---15366655176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2f1a5e0d76---94648728295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000c780.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC780 17432 bytes
SHA-256: 34e8cbf826c2488825a7e368bfff6004473e3d00a19c63e5113230be014fdf62
font_01_sfnt_off0000f411.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF411 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010c28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C28 10696 bytes
SHA-256: e280bed4dc93fba9fbd0e9b30495165947dfaf0e87aa8162e7c9afd75fd1763f