Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2376930380d99761…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-07-08 16:13:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 0a53a0062f804cd6909bc3a448fa1fb0 SHA-1: 667c9e6f63a6ef087e8370b8af7fe879b031dfca SHA-256: 2376930380d997617deeb45b873735f9e12d5b28ec33934bdb022a7263afa33c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to trick users into downloading files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically phishing and trojan behavior. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious download lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6vu36kr3hequ5l01hof3d4p5uu/weragevazenujavufu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087de12e4345---17508038944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cplastik.cz/data/cms/file/10245848120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1rkir4b79qqcnhusmcujmi1bi/59735833314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.autodepotperformancegroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vt4o1k9kmamres38dsvovnokf4/47835994184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/11271870363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wccia-vastu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ec8ce55495f6913176a8fbbeaa33607/moxifik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fb87b55ed4---maligo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allasclub.com/campannas/file/76228622513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vp-dmsh.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76014954800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073f4fc47ad6---42882844625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anfauglir.com/images/file/xonixirisulelizanomijav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bdba6dfe2d---54250165296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwvictory.com/uploads/files/4813095918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3mhvcdsrsv2gr3t6i2dtcueoo1/14251445552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexnepaltravel.com/userfiles/file/38135579753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reunionclass.com/clients/7469/File/simadevupalazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasyo.net/files/file/5349052928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zzweien.com/d/files/xagirenota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaumont-residence.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i8je4l11vjt064csp74krj0eod/bebugifufinelivegilufot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5c5b0716d8---77909385211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zawayakw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a69270ff8b---83594019433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samsungvrvklima.com/upload/ckfinder/files/lopate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd4df909154---23971517787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160accc80f21b6---fimup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+draw+anime+on+paintPDF link annotation
    • http://s292376414.onlinehome.fr/datas/imgmail/file/xajorisixovorasa.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_off0000efb0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFB0 17404 bytes
SHA-256: 5e39ec20d4e74548cdd6cba0e2d5848d9920b4afe825ac4579e5837d3dbff4a7
font_01_sfnt_off00011d8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D8E 10416 bytes
SHA-256: bb7b46a88c7bb08abb5e6f87346dc476570f7bb8450eee3e3d2a16644985358b
font_02_sfnt_off00013516.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13516 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1