Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 244d96261a843ca4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 03:32:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 9f9711d470a26a1a9a21a78f584b4804 SHA-1: a5ae3a920296e54bc09d66e36b7df8fab3e3e893 SHA-256: 244d96261a843ca4a2b57def8b5ef9d551478d7ec659134d57eed92bbb797cb9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload storage and other potentially malicious sites. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdlh9balej3rk56sepqvtsvbp5/nikorifuzatetivibupim.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://spark-care.com/userfiles/file/94795065064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pressvaluation.net/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/userfiles/file/rarike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beastyenergy.com/userfiles/file/33673999203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a83bea86e2ac0f2dd351ec07792398ff/gapapuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdseoulps.com/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/31835733652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olivier-daulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jokarogoxinofaxawisaxivab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metisentry.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sinagunaxaroketowol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phuketwebstudio.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tamus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d370d1d610892320cec75ae0da209f5/sivuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.psalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e98acf52075940978f536cb75e89ae2d/kukefuginojuxuzojewowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvugiayphep.net/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/nazewufumeluvoromatojoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwishop.hu/file/40893554359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truonggiangcompany.com/userfiles/file/45456631761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf916fb83fa---2099121786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lubrifianti-auto.ro/files/file/79795194532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asavn.vn/uploads/userfiles/files/mobuwaxudag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladangmimpi.com/contents//files/15948856299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pnktools-th.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80149147693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610f42ebad754---85498084995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6ab9399e59---putagokirasizovuvotuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0535.com/userfiles/file/20210830225227_0gwnxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=flash+alerts+download+for+androidPDF 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_off0000d715.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD715 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF2C 10516 bytes
SHA-256: dc647ba970052a53100d0fe34a857acb4d39e419017e9e88f7229d2378dae006
font_02_sfnt_off00010717.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10717 19360 bytes
SHA-256: 25dcb93761f3912dccd4040a9ea14d3249949834c8dab14931e261dca65e4ad2