Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1901c5a69ab8e33b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.5 KB Created: 2021-08-06 21:57:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: bb44b3782508a8e96cdffa499cfa8afe SHA-1: 786d0e535bdae3f01a7168c994e162be8c4159ad SHA-256: 1901c5a69ab8e33b6db2e07ddcded9562310d8237bddce9c42056963b8c830d4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3252160810c142fc078a891eb9bcff75/41622610253.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a412266adf795bc1cbcb4c20e29fd04e/49500584433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fujiya-burbank.com/uploads/files/56254853131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f7667e1cc1---monudifebemukokitobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drvishweshwari.in/userfiles/file/57661755842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://poolpoint.be/uploads/file/93379346142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ddservice-bmw.pl/userfiles/file/88729101003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://granchefpremiumfood.it/file/leketitomeguruzoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bulgariapools.com/contents//files/sanure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alignerco.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25fa9937eccaa2bc957ed8a0f96b40e1/65286641696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicomartani.eu/userfiles/files/buwazukufupokoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e9d6497a2fb85f7c575ab4f007a6e87/46239644725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vansuloi.com/uploads/userfiles/file/10955395398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sequirk.ie/userfiles/file/50728035032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topupdana.com/contents//files/kafogofepoxamexefanemuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roeveragri.ac.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a7785b64ce35ebe7c5b194f0789c1a9/51617794426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usaoxin.com/userfiles/2021-5/file/98163063735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lacecinella.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/jisapeketarov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drstevealbrecht.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fe4931d63cb964225d59bc3be51795c/28914712817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d5502456e1---17135864836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc0c26c9601---vusiwawavarofevefukiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbpcosmetics.com/admin/upFiles/2021-6/file/bobumow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+dispatch+in+gcss+armyPDF 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_off000118a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118A3 10976 bytes
SHA-256: 6e74d23b2eea871e52325bfca14330414eba9829a0e3677653d694b5b01198d1
font_01_sfnt_off000131c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131C5 20884 bytes
SHA-256: 0e9023446c9f22b03c9e3aa65f6f045a919cec93f8c6c6b7a125dc7b2011d12b
font_02_sfnt_off000167c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x167C6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1