Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 07634b54b70816be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.0 KB Created: 2021-09-05 14:20:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 9e1c195a19df1cbbe0b9f5156a408ee2 SHA-1: b237c14b3353814753721322592a34149467bc0d SHA-256: 07634b54b70816bea5e6d0deb5d7165a923ff7191d42bf148edcf1bcef85ce5d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites and disposable hosting domains, likely to facilitate phishing or malware distribution. The presence of 'utm_term' parameters in some URLs suggests an attempt to track user engagement with the malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=crack+with+jack+simplification+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://csptech.net/admin/userfiles/file/6957653321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shrmivirtual.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/325f0929e263c386a93e2a466f24ff47/potowevowavitosubufewez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://griby.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gotun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/595e18a2878fd8b7cf341add47d46180/jolapigeruki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/366625fd34dfa07a113ac3a0b669211d/tilisopaxasepij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.syah.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/490017e40cb011ffbbf33d969a1b0b46/65703619583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.danvillern.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89b76b5a1c71ea169968dfa7250b0705/kajeferurijibikifepiketo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icon-studios.com/userfiles/file/dubexabofidug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160867f99bb1f8---rotuwubozarapizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083c8ab1bbf3---xodovemakodizotuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s-privod.ru/userfiles/file/77914486010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1897fecdfe---12000426147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abc0a0a8cb7---18417205786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schnauzermountainminiatures.com/clients/17729/File/wimazunufexaxufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrbossamktown.com/uploads/files/10981839536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stallionreadymix.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161005b9f65415---ratuxedaworofagagog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rlmahtani.com/userfiles/files/57945951011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://c4ir.ae/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9mdnb21ctbg7vk6gbnehdpkn3/kezabegolod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xetaihyundai.net/upload/files/43527583716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.socalgreatwhite.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cf16c8a60b---tarumamobarab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seashoresilverlabradors.com/clients/4/48/482fd9669fb3260065120a60ccac5e48/File/vijesidijavemeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160896b2a1f6c7---finoravibanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88c6e17de25c72e31b40e9f02451b86a/derekukezurofubefes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amexeuro.com/an3_Uploads/file/36178322090.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_off0000c980.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC980 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e197.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE197 11092 bytes
SHA-256: 045d6733ee7d8b3b26426d8c5da11e327386a7cb23e55a504a15d5cdbcd06a9e
font_02_sfnt_off0000fb48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB48 16568 bytes
SHA-256: ce2f814b02443d60572f155f3cacc4aa85347f93633788c4989a01c26484dadd