Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 268844196ea80b63…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.9 KB Created: 2021-07-24 04:48:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 5a107bd571aa2c592d824fbd66e744d2 SHA-1: e0c3d52d9b846e2219fe738cfad9046a83d9572b SHA-256: 268844196ea80b63d3102d3b9b4057b2c0f478702e03102158269c9983d5c998
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. It contains a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9934

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://niszczeniewaw.pl/userfiles/file/dopezomojirefanedefuge.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://magendans.com/imagefiles/file/vuguketatuzugos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc830504942---tuboxawinifoxuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077262dbd147---xujutimuvazopaxekufoxem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099b0f45cb6c---desarobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auchli-appenzeller.ch/userfiles/files/defapemolutilusagizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b06960e843b---jakufigewewitexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.themeshcowork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1873d45560056599e71af7d472f46dc/gogupazufepadem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4521500b5d---37942597458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.psalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/763e7597375d9747bea395cda29e99c5/74476573340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0d90ca5cf4---vedudofudidurawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aptchasers.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/xeperigafikigum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca3dedb0af---70649543939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driscollandgibson.com/images/edit_images/file/5889235976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesaddlebank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jnu70g1s4mfgdctj07h0dntq7v/vofavotibivepupew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flvirginia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/873fc57adcb2f5a8898cc80ecc15acd4/puruviribisubovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9c2016320e---31260457352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078a684f059e---69156307106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086a830c8979---64950912623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flvirginia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8bb402dc87e16143b61749a2fc5eefd8/salabomunigefezuvetujex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajwatravel.com/wheelmarine/userfiles/file/82547938996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karpzbeldowa.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/samuwinuzum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongshengfish.com/uploadfiles/20210524/210524205018227776ovob4g4bffcj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://go.bestbookbits.com/freepdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=millionaire+success+habits+dean+graziosiPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fa18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA18 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001122a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1122A 17812 bytes
SHA-256: a8de029941d2275ca6d569fc756f079f8d89126282d1e18971807d4d0381e73f
font_02_sfnt_off00014116.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14116 16092 bytes
SHA-256: 9d5144547e0b729630886a3ad3ce48e7da84b0115899dd9c2390406af6f0fecd
font_03_sfnt_off0001565c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1565C 10940 bytes
SHA-256: 20b8141eb049c0b3cd4e4d76fc89f9f8332a8eee151d168ece89da6e2d1bab5a