Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2712f686cba9374e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-17 09:23:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: cd72e43066f3496831b25bdca5433790 SHA-1: 5e818de5210f527de518fe1b70a4d8f548a9d8fe SHA-256: 2712f686cba9374e934ce5454175598a2a7c410c43cbf1301e6dd82bf19cff87
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a visual download button further supports the lure of downloading a malicious payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=scary+stranger+3d+download PDF link annotation
    • http://maynenkhipuma.vn/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/83419554273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://institut-arabe.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fuxudejorikubinizorazak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moonlightmontessori.com/upload/files/80224071515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanga.asia/userData/board/file/bizadekamulafopagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141c116e08b5---keribixivunixezotuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lentes123.com/aym_image/files/gewebapuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e4e6751a9e---34707260289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tierrettung-in-katalonien.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sidesanosoziwiwal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menu2uplus.com/images/file/sexabipof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phanmemerp.vn/attachment/files/66036611417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reginahajo.hu/_user/file/58167591963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ceed0c6f48---31300398550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiberglasssupplydepot.com/userfiles/files/mesogax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiendanatacion.com/noticias/files/wanosiwatofixogunisazowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturalfurnish.com/userfiles/file/zokotugukufas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wgadget.com/file_media/file_image/file/nibodadubiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dogathermalhotel.com/resimler/files/napoxufojekisozewolope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161437f268bf98---tedusewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133614763010---gidefilopobujitufagelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orsam.org.tr/paketler/ckfinder/dosyalar/files/34031616285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tv-kitchen.ru/files/files/85014967570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141bccb55994---4823125715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quatangsongvan.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/pokakezebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koryosushi.com/uploads/files/ropux.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_off0000dae2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAE2 17320 bytes
SHA-256: 3df96f068fb57a4439b8b0fa674082272614a422f0cf8fd2a4db5eefd7f2732c
font_01_sfnt_off0001078a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1078A 10900 bytes
SHA-256: 4bac03033898c91029e2c1262453f704a1dcc2e0611d9e833916f0bec4ea3d80
font_02_sfnt_off000120d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120D1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1