Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 104a7fcbef499df1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-07-23 23:48:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: cc5863489494710fc3420669e119012f SHA-1: ae7a4e6c77c5ea42e024dc02b8e1922a53896a6f SHA-256: 104a7fcbef499df19da242cf15f283c6e72cb6f345e601a019293b53502445b9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, likely to trick users into downloading malicious files. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or social engineering attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/184e8fba0e637c9e20731ea0dda732b6/wibalosopapejave.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://goraku-sangyo.com/userfiles/file/98767775143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lbnq0l9hhvdhjpm5bg2us81fhu/87674710633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adilaltinsoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e9e2fa7a0d---95908655910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dac2af798ce---bunogomom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delannahotel.com/user_img/file/65708449373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d6a65d18e6---6705107626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab33f71e22d2c87b45ac711bcb1e88b5/nuwoseba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hsound.ro/images/custom/file/ketalagelemogoguladipot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73fd32240b2478a5103bba6d9b22b356/jisopadezobawejum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apc-algercentre.dz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/livutuwiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nbtele.com/en/cache/fck_files/file/dumivabepudab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vokalensemble-vocembalo.ch/userfiles/file/92281869219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b977ce9c6b64cf20c937b915bc0b6040/lavogonuniwuzarusesodag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160963faf7a5c4---84397267597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085c675b6b52---83540017273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samudra99.com/contents//files/wamuxewataxuxiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cherrychile.cl/cherry/uploads/contenido/files/nekufedogobufotav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160add33b0f761---fetuvisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaac54efcb7---46698658648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abogarestudio.com/userfiles/file/subinubiresuvewimosilusoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad6691620aa---32282227097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ride.hu/images/uploads/files/76102093181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blog.crowdly.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160735c94aa37e---pavoguwulifiduvoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=what+are+the+advantages+of+manual+filing+systemPDF 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_off0000ee4c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE4C 11076 bytes
SHA-256: c7640893c545d305c7323336d4fb239ea0b78dc6622767f6ab12694f26f0e5b1
font_01_sfnt_off000107c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107C1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011fd3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FD3 16128 bytes
SHA-256: 089e2148f7c2dad8bea0441655b2829c09b91d1099c5ecdac759e4e1dd51b974