Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2671003b7cb4098e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.6 KB Created: 2021-08-02 06:24:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: e6c19939952d4285d672b70ba63dfba7 SHA-1: 063851341810f029c708e70845f05d42adbf5f49 SHA-256: 2671003b7cb4098e7b65611d65802f6e9e2e09011ced3dce52254c7a6c6de76e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains a large number of external links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content or phish for credentials. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9884

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 https://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=instagram+old+app+download+apk PDF link annotation
    • https://refour.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/704618bf03447786adeda28548a4b5d1/90496373718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefjordbaklawfirm.com/clients/876731/File/wemewujivakekoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cleaner.pl/userfiles/file/58695228395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivaco.it/file/12294470473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unsersohn.ch/images/file/82301858512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d489dac67c---55369207886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saito-ken.jp/userdata/file/45779222997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e0eed1dde8---jumonimufegoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tubietelbar.hu/uploadfile/61687658859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukvoznaika.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66577666323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vallejardin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a77ca2499860dcbe3496dd87475516d1/50632725877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba7d79cbc9d---16862545145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fatheragneliti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3885414e27---vixemijunijivil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab87b3d3a92---polarilefudifaneruba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7cd6374145742f59ab9118d40e22e468/7813191054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b0d92ebceb641580a631d7dc1e4291f/xifarejuwejajulovova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0493ae0e29b18990ada89f95f4e7b87c/luxowozakapife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160866803b43ab---zubajodurure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamexmarket.com/uploads/files/moleketosarovol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11349b11090d397351afda616ed85d84/11660975875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddca1e4cb03---zitipazalewilalabokosij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fccddb5359---dubafirebazexaxiwim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e593652ce9e---jiras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.redactordecontenidos.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac4ec374041---55524397713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sgds5n6n362r9btfgvg9e2jh1u/26896056822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tvoirostov.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6325950446.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_off0000fa4c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA4C 10640 bytes
SHA-256: 6fc0a4fc6e33ecf01e3dc3ad539ca11e6a81a277413a64b8c13c8f53e4aa29f0
font_01_sfnt_off0001127a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1127A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012a8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A8C 17132 bytes
SHA-256: b8c293eeed4e1cab3e66a3f2c8505326b940a9868887d2736832d36127c6586a