Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 091b17a1cb0042fe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 05:53:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 8457e71510645e7b688c6485bd16ccc2 SHA-1: fc45ca671b45bb8e09e59d668cddbcc9d37f4c0d SHA-256: 091b17a1cb0042fe6e1a8d1c54d1301aa8222e4ae62d651309bf2eb75399fed6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Multiple heuristics point to the PDF acting as a link farm, with many URLs hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of embedded URLs and the 'Download Button' heuristic further support the attack pattern of luring users to download malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://sitpchemcieszyn.pl/_sitpchem/file/92335959998.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nelly-design.ru/upload/files/jodexibinatok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.toptehnik.si/images/83240306069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7e7b65237e---wikebebolatabopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peneleos.pl/userfiles/file/35441834251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaisar168.com/contents/files/70112785400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86010967e8806de8bbf21f10a61c603d/nozewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aircond.md/upload_fck/file/jajadiwotovovobutukigeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luligang.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jidukog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://majortaylorride.info/images/uploaded/file/82640070999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cedria.es/DOCUMENTS/FotosFCKEditor/file/47039071492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bilbox.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0e386ab951cca3f62f6dc61cc97761f/11381637810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietsaovang.com/uploads/userfiles/file/bigubowevifaragepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f50a2aa92e---31924037923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akpanlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/34615524855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciskmv.com/css/file/56324069603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf0b61201b2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a39fe0b5287---11781062509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d83a0e90b19---nugudonodejuwedagil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9dqgkjln3d4j272ndrcht8a2c0/zifikutetoruvunakanix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prestigeautobody.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cda892048c5f267547b5f33c17de87f/luxuzifotume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b3af1b5352---34777819765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gyndoktors.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kesepesowalukir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c35a62644cd---lakomipadesulik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/feaa7d137c7e9240acfc9f293d81b975/26124029216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+for+speaking+english+fluentlyPDF 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_off0000dfe5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFE5 18696 bytes
SHA-256: de61c4c2a478cc7572509d127f87a2a7a2a3a234a688af6f75cca4c8f634f144
font_01_sfnt_off00011038.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11038 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001284f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1284F 11084 bytes
SHA-256: ca2bcdaa8fa9a73280a54965e227a77e231dbaacdde369bce48e30c4bcdc4097