Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1fa03dde67401ef9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-08-04 14:26:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 0505ce3b1c8d7f5d10f242a10bd2ffcd SHA-1: 392240dbbdfba61ebca31df33fd3a21a72762066 SHA-256: 1fa03dde67401ef9a13b8b07f6b2181c83ad2776661a3569bb6dd7316124c08b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious files. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports this, indicating a lure for users to click and download. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' confirms the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=grand+theft+auto+vice+city+ios+app+download PDF link annotation
    • https://nestuby.com/userfiles/file/80301309918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edc0dfe7090c593f5f81301e61641188/vowofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estoniapools.com/contents//files/guwemamosowis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca3225686e---32480572517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60qmp7403d9rn7toap6v9059c4/sasenadiperimiwowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/31877808667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d590195d8f---29220463215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3acbe8fd35c151a181174d1ca85d53ac/46610086603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weddingceremoniesbybev.com/clients/72651/File/xelaketeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gofropack.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/612dc93c1ab7ea81f146e0c594a66f63/47084005252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eventologia.com/userfiles/files/13342159776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bidmitt.com/img/files/file/65804187868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9i2dts7mcjgvd6pr8mkiihq4c9/95028442676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biznesfishki.ru/files/userfiles/files/84661399265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-lightingcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e49b4baa56d8f8af54661b9d51d212db/66338467309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071906dc8bca---rurepenemajegamupevatas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/11608668539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mystruggle.uk/indigo/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mogijovumiratego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cerescommoditiesltd.com/Images_upload/files/jorunilexovajalamokaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allasclub.com/campannas/file/ribizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hrmconsulting.biz/upload/files/rilezepixuxomikasuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doctour.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77279441724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a433105b539---zonizavesuzefisubifokaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matkinhantai.com/luutru/files/miziluxikofidodinowak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b06b558ffb2---81374913496.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_off0000efae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFAE 11120 bytes
SHA-256: f5c0a440181f9a5619349b9edca2534b41bd41bbd3dc464a3230aa6e81c07f29
font_01_sfnt_off000109a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109A9 17212 bytes
SHA-256: 2559bdaf04a803314777933f6ba2a0a602eb00e8d4ed3c8ebce58d66c78df832
font_02_sfnt_off000136f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136F3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1