Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 10a495caa7e6846d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-06-26 20:57:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 81ac954dda47985ced5bbb0dfd27f4c3 SHA-1: a4859ec49b0d90190238dab2d790cec15d689710 SHA-256: 10a495caa7e6846da1164996200398f30c0619ad442c39b1d5029c6da707dce6
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing attempt. It contains numerous links to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, with one link impersonating Facebook and directing users to a URL that does not match the brand. The embedded URLs and the overall structure suggest an attempt to trick users into downloading a secondary payload or submitting credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure high SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: call-to-action link host does not match the impersonated brand: https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=how+can+i+get+400+robux+free+2021.
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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.
  • 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://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084f0cb19b9d---bimimibedogeko.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bidwoodmachine.com/d/files/dokegodejagud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bselink.com/userfiles/file/sirivatozozonenuwuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160842fb63f6c2---vegujuwojilokizubuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baaningdoi.com/file_media/file_image/file/piledamezata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jhferry.com/data/fckeditor/file///46990357691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csn-alliance.com/data/files/14924347133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoangduy.vn/vn/files/vezixevawulijagele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alexandrapanayotou.com/web/images/static/file/81930798171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa83ba16c9a---38082958164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gvdlvc81lhtnlhdvt4g0sjjlml/43970829213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d856f47623---45389827685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075a6c86a452---28073349319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hirurgija.me//files/8416344190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aba34cd7332---fupefekalilod.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083d14d8c8be---89247719928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferado.vn/userfiles/file/96197516250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093daa348b8d---20011161149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19e15fe627f552d7299824711c0f94fb/vagidisivimoxovepem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c19435118b18028388daf72b33dd52a1/11149446378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=how+can+i+get+400+robux+free+2021PDF 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_off0000e6cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6CC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fede.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEDE 17588 bytes
SHA-256: 451a083cccace6771862e6f4c5e38e5b4d16fbc398ee53a1e7d61f0c36cab723
font_02_sfnt_off00012cb7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CB7 11088 bytes
SHA-256: a03faa2faf7a59cc3f2f680698c7086d6aaae005bb4b4d1bef6905fb24aad49f