Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0fdd50532047e480…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.2 KB Created: 2021-06-19 20:37:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 8ff219e45f7dc408fd7d209a5ca479b2 SHA-1: f32d3ba2d73c0cedb0eb561f5412bf70b021518d SHA-256: 0fdd50532047e4807e65a0711c4bb0277765d271b05e708c05d6ef38578ec8cd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous external links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, and one directly referencing a 'download cash app for android apk' lure. The presence of a visual download button further supports a phishing or social engineering attack vector. The file's primary purpose appears to be directing users to malicious download sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9997

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=download+cash+app+for+android+apk PDF link annotation
    • https://topupdana.com/contents//files/ramitisokadexekipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7dbf80b39902926aa3afccfbe5d6fc27/81428545120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4n5q0g172488jq6cp90biaaao/dugilemidifamitegawow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/325ff642c6e4f4f0c75e4290c1cf1a65/79379793112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b52cad59af357e89aab10a859c2dc02/31459676427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://starwebline.com/calisma2/files/uploads/87555185075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v101smp0lg6nbshs01q6f1c2b2/ralib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072a07bc0b03---tipevuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moreit.ch/productinfo/file/boravosafaxunaleja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fdc861871c---78159543539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verdantnorwich.com/clients/3/30/306756bb587dffcd11ca74610d845a16/File/46541280258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cornucopiafrederick.com/uploads/files/xikajipulepawareg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xaydungdonggia.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/46351924645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084f17f98c7d---renuvometuxiwofezoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e8b6155736---vuwaxokixinatuweposopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000db6f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB6F 5396 bytes
SHA-256: 1b6642a0b87bb6c09e7bc69e46fcd73dce9507556025c3c38565e15715089bfb
font_01_sfnt_off0000edde.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDDE 11224 bytes
SHA-256: f7edf3fe9b9b634d2d3f93a1b59df3cff170022a2b5c407dd04fca910e0e8ed6