Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2704ba75c7bb0a7d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.7 KB Created: 2021-07-25 17:56:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: cefd451cb599d673239dfb2825d7a955 SHA-1: 08eb6eb23ab92d04ca079d0ed4e7a6e92d54f64b SHA-256: 2704ba75c7bb0a7d07524b77ee0f262b08cafa12b87a53734c47e94775b24789
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://pytextiles.com/userfiles/file/gufikaledulosifez.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://hoangnhataudio.vn/media/files/fidopuritodov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://decom.pro/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vefiwabesipim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stainless-faucet.com/uploads/htmlupload/files/topojuzadozejoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://master-sign.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vubaminure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glowskincare.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43592e09e745c36735f127c173997678/6358244899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8e39152a07---5143627261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072a171464c3---44804050802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fd9e981ae8---41005205324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbox-technology.com/upload/datoteke/sidupubenabalofezenez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t8c3o1dha73i8r5jql0v55ud35/84133294452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078c7c5d8b0c---44032298513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9761a5dfdd54f4702adaf09cf97e8f03/gozimirofuniweku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aitrans.org/UploadFile/file/F1202106021423305871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lacasedescaraibes.fr/file/pafetawutepujowas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amthanhanhsangchinhhang.vn/upload/files/24485113563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tradingphrases.com/userfiles/files/nomujerezitim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d168f41711e6bcebdae3dcbb5c5422fe/65975016155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://101eyewear.com/luutru/files/86964403085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoculture.cz/admin/upload/file/jarazumolefaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bindazzled.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ea2c5ec71142a356c8f3f69a9f5cbc7/8184574705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0742646dd7---10284477266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=namaz+e+janaza+dua+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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ee17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE17 16892 bytes
SHA-256: 86454ea5c91477a74c9d81f2efaf951796d2491a99f9b8c3759f8361984433b5
font_01_sfnt_off0001069f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1069F 18412 bytes
SHA-256: 88ed9f96e663eeef9e3301001d435ae88e420a7fb984afc7114599cab47765f0
font_02_sfnt_off00013566.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13566 10300 bytes
SHA-256: 5cef3906feb9147d819735acdaa12c1a99b9c265aad524413ca61b7f2e8aa47e
font_03_sfnt_off00014c93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C93 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1