Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 121a2a0f18ce0fee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 16:35:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 47a522279fa10220952284c597ba5f9f SHA-1: 7bb28f27950ea3e39a621db39bdf43e321006960 SHA-256: 121a2a0f18ce0fee91dedeb19597b185c8dedd508b8fc359d3cc3c7b189f1cd8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to potentially compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting sites, likely to trick them into downloading further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' lure reinforces this phishing-like behavior.

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://grupahatak.pl/admin/_fck_files/file/97337807211.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bursakaynak.com/userfiles/file/rimuweruvafivinipixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chalappuram.com/userfiles/file/4142825773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ellenia3.eu/userfiles/files/91816511614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.moxiclear.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lizavudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16129c05f2b516---96749867004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferropula.hr/files/fufobadebamas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087d744c834f---82371608061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vatlieutaphu.com/upload/files/wiguguvonapomexunumobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://htbestcomputer.com/media/ftp/file/tukegomawipexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdf07fe7008---65859328141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chesapeake-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b33502070498824d4875f9ec8187944f/gidebinigajarijof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alsumiri.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37f809f1f57457c420791b5b7e70cddf/47355924601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rittenhousesmiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fd1669f3dab50bfa19509468c9def89/84178896827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muntepa.com/userfiles/files/kovalabugavudovifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur1.com/contents//files/fenuruxatojukodetate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160755a2d32138---32346610234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hkpefa.org/editor_upload/file/94820183198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tatishev.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fofikuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gesundheit-im-blog.de/userfiles/file/baparidabizorusovova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospitals.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dedanojazuxis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e31a0b75b3---85579085847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.padanguparduotuve.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zemovavimuruk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamadona.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53587272836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.injamal.es/nueva/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34128179297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=t+shirt+design+catalog+pdfPDF 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_off0000dd60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD60 17908 bytes
SHA-256: c7b24d214fca27572fddb4c5529e3239ccbbf75c09525d827f8655891d3bc7c2
font_01_sfnt_off00010c3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C3F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012456.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12456 10864 bytes
SHA-256: dc92dcb5e6e6ed45eccef547cb14f4bc8916ba73a037de95054c1f416d35040b