Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 264a029e4efd1748…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 09:09:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 67fdc33d3b4dd15eef103717549aec9a SHA-1: 579b98a05e05d348ccee6f077add81ad04b67964 SHA-256: 264a029e4efd1748f7b3f1fe5c5c2935608e077426527b6cf31acb3a8e8341c1
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF is identified as a phishing lure due to its structure, containing mostly image content and a clickable action trigger. It hosts numerous links to other PDF files, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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.
  • 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://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab87be3807d---xoxakowezigazigenaluwamo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16108c94e60614---38563428657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://confidence-ist.mktechsol.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xojoniduxebururezuxuludub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renault-service.com/userfiles/pitilageredekuvibeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://185.33.116.145/~acus01/upload/files/43222728438.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://makesrealsense.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/razemonenatawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amatnieks.com/pictures/image/mabunidalekevapedilof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.singaporemedicalclinic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mowuzig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasargod.net/uploads/file/lunago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610817a2ee188---34968787009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emirates-offshore.com/uploads/image/file/26579552718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bef78b8567f---26544794662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e20a867734---siluwikatapajigakapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d44496327fa73ca4e0097476aed7ddaf/bewenafonadiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cc56d618e1---porulowemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nosolodespedidas.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160874c1872862---65716452336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1i89jb2mlanm0g7appavcbee66/92842448627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/wemosogegolimapewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kund-in.com/userfiles/file/fabiselunaregafulunadav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joyear.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bufalaxib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kovacsoltvaskerites.hu/images/file/zozunodonunakeluzivedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.keizerco.nl/userFiles/file/88044226229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acmemask.com/upfiles/editor/files/55337712017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muahohangnhat.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/dizotipodazuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://handgun.ee/media/file/gafikuludude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imaginove.eu/data/Files/91528962759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=lucky+name+numerology+pdfPDF 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_off0000b496.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB496 10868 bytes
SHA-256: ca55f3c13e3451c9e0a4388322cf44c77515437dbb7fca6663a0e2c181815e42
font_01_sfnt_off0000cd86.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD86 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e598.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE598 13700 bytes
SHA-256: a8150dc166b10e9bf4a1afa3fe50ad8ba413eaeb1812b649106b6056570862bf