Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2753e71a954d244c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

147.0 KB Created: 2021-07-27 20:47:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: b96c5a54c4d8502a96582e70f75c74fa SHA-1: aaa4ee2d96a04d28d114be9ca6725b81447bab32 SHA-256: 2753e71a954d244cf7441505602c4cb3efae24258ffe8514a27a047ba85c80e8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic, combined with numerous links pointing to potentially compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, suggests a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The document body was unreadable, but the heuristics and URLs are sufficient to infer a malicious workflow.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9941

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://ascensionchina.com/userfiles/file/fekawunogakixofusupofur.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608472831313a---mububumapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55382523560e827e4409183abf2f5eed/nadezavipenejovoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easyreturn.store/userfiles/file/77547566891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoondb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160718779c4380---wedekenebuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kp86dn4tb4esnu2fjct1h1dil7/vulefaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbpartner.cz/userfiles/file/ritibod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ce42639db4---32214154784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abacusnancy.com/userfiles/file/jukolujeraniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://championshipsportsrings.com/clients/23492/File/koxumijudijabofazamezuget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aaf788d83b558e94c7091098f9404fba/14000628596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rocb-ap.org/file_media/file_image/file/zogexagonebevadakuloti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a653580e45---91259189554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arvikabc.com/images/uploadedimages/file/buxono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoschiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb42a0969e9---xawote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slippersymposium.com/clients/875641/File/85965732726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ellissi.org/userfiles/files/65442829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rf1pv1ihb60lhpn05rtmsrf5s0/77198184991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zlato-eu.sk/upload/files/9628892499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8d4909f957---15719542290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icsbc.ru/fuploader//file/34488327266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e39b0754f1f---wajilibetunebozokaxef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anakmeong.com/contents//files/xokivabusilifufemidoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mo37ttr5s9j7craddt83q45emu/tesupegegidukugakuworeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=can+auto+clicker+get+you+banned+osrsPDF link annotation
    • http://perfecturology.cafe24.com/upload/editor/imagefile/38226020525.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_off0001d375.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D375 11020 bytes
SHA-256: 413f4459f98c2327a392a3ca17e489c9da9813d46adae289ade509daf7c633b3
font_01_sfnt_off0001ed16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1ED16 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00020528.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x20528 20640 bytes
SHA-256: 0a7a03cdf91c4d1c0e3e22c4ac078bc7e15a93cfa9498c5ec807b9eb2e5022e7