Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1769a6cd193d69bc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-08-15 12:52:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: cbcb9293196c0ffcae3fd377182ae0e1 SHA-1: 72ecdce813f045d8d7f2067dd06ecbfd1b6015c4 SHA-256: 1769a6cd193d69bc54aa327db3c89a5e36d74e9d957980c421c45695aaeef037
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF document contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it is part of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of this PDF, likely intended to deliver a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=teri+pyari+pyari+do+akhiyan+song+mp4+download+mr+jatt PDF link annotation
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c689b7f0a8---61913226534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supercarrentalsofmiami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160718cba6605f---37318610171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16118d46676c7e---10280325641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160773a831e182---16346233635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myredm.ru/uploads/file/15472003503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80372ace81970b54eef104fd0dc19069/dejozupanonurepafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hometeamcorp.com/images/usr/nifokefafitalefewukuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b9d5313bc7---gadenukegokovenoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094de2d21032---bimixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lemfhafamilylove.com/clients/a/ae/ae548a02e38cf20d1222216853584fb4/File/xesunifafafufawuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leunamgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a0973e4016284dc4a507f8701177eb2/fupaxorasemijal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fbc9a0085c7---39544433357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jechrina.gr/FCKeditor/userimages/file/1380149740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607343a79cde4---jibagudefunusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5905b335a6---jerexawowaxesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f5625713729b3090bd562755230f61e/wekiruzuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e3d34816f6---47340060872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morard-mcf.fr/data/Files/vexupokufori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srividyaastrology.com/userfiles/file/josikikera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m74bs5hsg1vm1vuqh9dq2drunl/momisopujezetuzudagen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a264ec31e40---sotavunufadivunarajukisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a064180447f7d8e69c16c2f0ddb1cee4/favogobiweg.pdfIn 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://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_off0000defd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEFD 16672 bytes
SHA-256: 8da3338654e5b5d290074eca1463e11fb7dbe8b9e0d19fc8ac3533fa7f11a5cc
font_01_sfnt_off00010a90.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A90 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000122a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122A7 11304 bytes
SHA-256: da04742fb6370c0bda0f7e0aedb0d38a8cae05eb43a140343785999d6b5a8ae4