Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 185cc34a76db2c40…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.3 KB Created: 2021-09-16 09:09:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 0410b98868a2147ef6d810315e83ccab SHA-1: ee531d50eeab6307a6bfd4aac26b117d3aa185e6 SHA-256: 185cc34a76db2c40c8a893a8403dd9e949f8d5c2143870329584a31cc6038d5f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613960b4cff58---famamewagupojogigiwereve.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/297b1000f8d4e3c886720c3ccaa844f3/sofobad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gilboamedia.com/userfiles/file/76518337997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f5c1a638a1---29566657378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inprovituruguay.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74025163324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aktifbant.com/resimler/files/zotudedadifupilizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.greenfield-sustainability.com/images/files/mojerimebevarewivizizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ogcdc.org/uploads/ck_upload/files/382715257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://majortaylorride.info/images/uploaded/file/12036499007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphammonly.com/luutru/files/lemekamezubezufewojazaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134b0b20d7c8---ruxeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tikatalog.sk/_files/file/xewusetoxotagegemuvadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://llbyggodesign.se/UserFiles/files/33231327031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jessie.vn/images/ckeditor/files/3896937587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fanaf.org/article_ressources/file/25218300755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omnoiptv.com/outscapes/admin/ckeditor/uploads/ck/files/85883800812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pakistanchristiancongress.org/userfiles/file/jebonaragexikanefosika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aunay-sous-auneau.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/libubukidowurikukutif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluekeydigital.com/images/pic/file/dimizegufumuxuwipopama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136f1c859c1a---wuvidovepibojolesepilod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zoldjogsi.hu/uploads/files/77914220308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aftp.bg/userfiles/file/dawisidiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161406b51ed13b---8736573963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiovizia.com/webroot/img/content/files/86248651711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=minecraft+pe+shaders+iosPDF link annotation
    • https://www.rt9.rspo.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88469529682.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_off0000b6f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB6F3 10664 bytes
SHA-256: 0834ae9a92e2066a515c03b89c3f74f064c7878b9054856c4e7975f93a993ad1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cf50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF50 16084 bytes
SHA-256: 15bb065bf32cc3a474256491f3b265ceda6c585be9286cf3fa20bcbe07e0cd34
font_02_sfnt_off0000f7de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7DE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1