Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0875ee3cba3fdce5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-09-16 23:04:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 24bddc922995691398d41e3053a42fc6 SHA-1: 89def490e6d0896851c730e3a9467afaca1c89a8 SHA-256: 0875ee3cba3fdce5a77b1e79410a1713591f13b659b1fc0db9c51d81259bff1d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+sims+4+get+to+work+free PDF link annotation
    • http://pmrs.ps/userfiles/file/fefonijeperesijebovumupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ud-hobby.com/images/Upload/file/pilugomogoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finance-bulldog.cz/UserFiles/File/47529693607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rothemtour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210904_4168AB14DBA5FD11.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/58460548327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://economiadecomunion.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fosunujepuvusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vimbark.sk/editor_uploads/files/20629523959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuzvedo.hu/elemek/file/mutimododuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613744d0b90ea---8247187071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heyumpnd.com/userfiles/file///vidipijaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faktxeber.com/resimler/files/91566592575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yilbasipromosyonu.com/userfiles/file/33770038722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mkscmg0o8k95dh8a2kn8h0h0hn/zevisozodusevoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etest.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/rufilevarabezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hattoco.vn/images/ckeditor/files/jojagujidurutevokorafuxut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmoxx.mn/userfiles/files/vasipopopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hidrometa.com/images_upload/files/lotaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szermgrt.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78328164623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hz-kontejnery.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wolapisagovenakaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mldom.xyz/web/img/podborky/files/59466915876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logicamail.it/draft/media/66344059480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terhautz.com/upload_files/files/fopugip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161429e2c6f547---86062167048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://curtain.jinware.com/upload/files/fezinixajozuzaruvafi.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_off0000d77d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD77D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef8f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF8F 17684 bytes
SHA-256: 9977f380a400c6b06345c4fff3f01ba972433d68a9660b9ac61e77795cbd41c0
font_02_sfnt_off00011d7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D7B 10568 bytes
SHA-256: d5c10482cbcaa7d22110adcb1d094face1ef8e1b4adae2ae5fc92e3850e65c16