Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 206e65bd9f4bce5c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.3 KB Created: 2021-09-19 10:44:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: c8d86a67ab07454eebe76768f8b48634 SHA-1: b7351d4a56a8040388ac824bbf05ff493ce5bf36 SHA-256: 206e65bd9f4bce5cb9e22319e5f59a7cbff2715901d8ab517fb6729646ca5c13
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The document contains embedded JavaScript and presents a link farm with multiple URLs, some hosted on compromised WordPress sites and others on disposable domains, designed to trick users into downloading a payload. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://artepcb.com/upload/files/48876820610.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9db1f31b9bf47cbbea0db11da9eeb90/92515632095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brixtontaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/53948598142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincitydata.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/34713888855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5of7edwardstreet.com/assets/media/files/lufavafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thebottombillion.org/business_school/uploads/file/sotuvesoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://88cpap.com/userfiles/files/15493976304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tourhong.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210919_AA710279C79A3215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terremeraude.com/userfiles/file/lujijigetezonor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pellevah.com/upload/files/sowawibagotaxisifivixedeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bookmyexcellence.com/bookmyexcellence/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nolologuwevenos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novo-foto.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97556809303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1rloa1e7d1kmv23c12t6jpiv9l/39300357938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rollfactorytogo.com/uploads/files/29274645810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamtamphat.com/upload/files/xavixelafote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145391315fe4---60290247277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maryalo.com/userData/board/file/nividutofiwoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fourfoods.com/images/files/21464949347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netichikawaya.com/userfiles/file/66154598464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://badaranquehablar.com/userfiles/files/netimonajubopabado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc-vietnam.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/14560516341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.champagne-cornevin.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lupezawep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tradegateindia.com/userfiles/file/xoradupivumes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=brooklyn+nine+nine+season+6+123moviesPDF 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_off0000f46f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF46F 18992 bytes
SHA-256: 5e8e75d09875bd652d3c3bbc904a4ae0fd3cc0193f611ca66fafa6a9088fe31c
font_01_sfnt_off00012646.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12646 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013e5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E5D 11008 bytes
SHA-256: 856f522311d33ab0c9405e3b9eb862fdfd43291b17e99ed8dd085f47c36c4224