Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0167acadbebc3d1e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-08-05 09:54:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 05c9d345b94ba98d9c5180652c7e5fcd SHA-1: 5342d11203a10dca83b872bacff23f9ebd089c49 SHA-256: 0167acadbebc3d1ecf0af42e93012695086e6b6801a1c093b76da9c77eff7f50
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, presenting itself as a guide to entice downloads. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or redirect users to phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+witcher+3+official+guide+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • http://enjoybowlramenandpoke.com/uploads/files/5752643534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luxcottage.ru/stroykamen/userfiles/files/razikudejogotakunifinisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac4f0be5ebba7607611f39e8ef617941/pofixetedufofolozux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hgb.se/filer/file/59228239752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fca6322286---gikawobabezuwuxinesekunaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americasbestwingsbeltsville.com/uploads/files/pibono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ski-experience-japan.com/images/blog//file/72738250697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43da70f54b49f50334f74b1f8169fc44/gogarugakekemekusagiposo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608458f009750---voton.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.autodepotperformancegroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bl9jrj0e4oj7pfi8ak59n4klh4/nujosesuzavusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d74692046f---79785169806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/635ocqbsfcai69dtpm3jpqjs5n/nosir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juha.be/_files/file/laxan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goshaggers.com/clients/2/2c/2ce39afd4341152949bc146f79210d6f/File/99867922414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cf22386358---41115830241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099892fc9905---dodejizazekumiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uclerbaklava.com/resources/file/10217659364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g7shdrup50m3nrj4m8d6ad09cq/75370748452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuvanthietke13-5.com/webroot/img/files/dosazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160767f201ca73---vanowejoxejoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8eece4b643---70064317663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fc7e1bc274---tigedigumodubarene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oomedia.com.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tuzavelamikutivozexamu.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_off0000e6d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6D1 21060 bytes
SHA-256: cb8cfea7debde9e6eb238aeeb8115c7633d8692bd39eefc426ce8541d99b0ea8
font_01_sfnt_off00011c2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C2B 11052 bytes
SHA-256: 6b46663dfd747279af17e4ee677a90a225b866076475ce760a1360cfffa3f2ee
font_02_sfnt_off000135c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135C1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1