Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a4e76143e8c3e4c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-07-31 14:43:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: f7b882227ba8c916cb11ff3fbecd1d6b SHA-1: 34be50f31575f01ab853d613a24ce1121922841c SHA-256: 1a4e76143e8c3e4cc91ac862fa91b8d855ce2b9a1b71a098df0d6e57fa3921a3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF that contains numerous links, many of which point to other PDF files hosted on compromised websites or disposable hosting. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic and the ML classifier's high confidence score indicate a malicious intent to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The ClamAV detection further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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://teifsepahan.com/files/file/zevigojo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082ad1c3fac0---fametisemarefotug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gullyracing.it/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fegabemewopunufupifisusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takeorders.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ghemfuj1gv3mvsicefnvvgmpem/zojonagogolowexige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b689d5761fe---rofawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bienbao.net/uploads/files/44136472266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kuppersbusch-center.ru/uploads/files/21232503137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivepe-elearning.gr/assets/UserFiles/mainHome/file/21407222430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afc61c7222f---nanexoreluxozilab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukhatirhomes.com/userfiles/file/nobafanejiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mp1666lqnu7rckdbsul3c01uia/69469491020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608817682cb35---lenamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burragebrothers.com/demo/jolie/beta/userfiles/files/81426998903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isdoor.ru/uploads/files/70987039920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strategie-online.net/catalogue_dynamique/file/paxabunamizutev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d52f48fb25---34515195991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607af89cb494a---suvizezotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160769df489b2a---mewodoxoluzomuzalesam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/wokodewodevurotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://misspacificus.com/clients/873634/File/widokikamanenix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd5bf43b132---75604124633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ffbbe0a911---sezipobulabinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/183ujudlfpgjce79v2iomfbru5/nelotefuwazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://awlights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6747315e1a4b81ee6f5d92deb25a8ce/19296442423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=java+developer+kit+downloadPDF 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_off0000f221.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF221 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010a38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A38 10452 bytes
SHA-256: 0cad8108f01c76530fcc0f1f3879ba19f8b132796d7c4b6d291868cce5141c3d
font_02_sfnt_off00012211.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12211 17384 bytes
SHA-256: d20dfd34e0baa2144eb4ee1e0561f41c0ce1dd7922fe5cfffb5c467a97b7254c