Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2694b343c00b8a1e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-08-18 03:41:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: ecf9fc108b0f74cfb038bc4cbfbf3f90 SHA-1: bf313daa03012d519dacff38e8290d3ba2c3df97 SHA-256: 2694b343c00b8a1e68d51621600c365273dcfbbee488dd32a9bb60f1ae359c12
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing attack pattern, likely aiming to trick users into downloading a payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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://wujipacking.tw/upload/files/gezugulezive.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160942432c1b85---sobadekudanuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90c64d7b2d0f6431a8d7ac62cc81a00d/xifonegezaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf071f9f07082f84ae1743e482aba120/82184605086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goldenlantern.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cfa872c63f---maxizinapekexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://korovin.org/site/img_ufiles/jurefatidinagow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160850b5f4671d---10793788096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a527d89fa4e---kejag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livres-arts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/viwidalemapuwabaroxej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://decoveinvestment.com/userfiles/file/9777998865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h6knt1ssrhne6qs0nesie8bn37/38796181237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098417799d3e---62656499233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winpoasia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94757800479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.havanasalsa-dance-tours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f1f19d84bab2bef7e8b37a42a6f3892/pesajuzakomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divapharma.com/uploaded/file/silakisoretiwanuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://24cvety.ru/upload/files/geripileso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netshopnepal.com/userfiles/file/10099263475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0788d2f960d3e7a15bfc236f81399ec/metesez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=errorless+biology+2019+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000d338.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD338 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB4A 17624 bytes
SHA-256: b48a729001763838804188f4abf55729ae106bd0cd2376433ce94ccf7e3b69c3
font_02_sfnt_off0001192c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1192C 11360 bytes
SHA-256: da10c34a8217688a040d79835a45131f27cd5ec5942189a51407a238bb22047a