Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 284a0ee11a31a4eb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-06-28 01:10:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8d7429d880011882a7ee543b15744be6 SHA-1: 017b44c65e8f374ca0611290c03db25dfab4b3e5 SHA-256: 284a0ee11a31a4ebe21b4ada322f3095b8c96c5fcd90c1237c8e8b06fa5e7823
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The file contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting it's designed to host and distribute malicious payloads. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8i2k17u0saqbpttekv4f203qt/24149320088.pdf
    • http://wongkungfu.ca/clients/f/f5/f5c316b966f29b3192b3e9e3c5714b3c/File/bunedewinobibokidepata.pdf
    • https://datawire.gr/files/files/44165236173.pdf
    • http://agroanaliz.by/upload/editor/files/55054501864.pdf
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72qfnjri6gcdvc0vjtuu1q78b7/16409402141.pdf
    • http://juha.be/_files/file/wujafowimovowufugusax.pdf
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0593dfcb32140e2ac85d6a181a6b82c/mupebefad.pdf
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089bf24d98cc---vamopibepud.pdf
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2c1492a9ffb024c69a7c2b2baa27eb7/melisa.pdf
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c491dsmk7g33p1j0um22gv1o92/89494698810.pdf
    • http://www.mywil.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac12636cfa4---sodijid.pdf
    • http://baohanhranghm.com/upload/img/files/suwafajinokanu.pdf
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608570b128b48---wulopimawefogogitejurokuv.pdf
    • https://tangentemag.com/img/file/parivuvudiginupimuti.pdf
    • https://useoneconvo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e20f876f30acf76195f1fbe2f9841d5/33915651753.pdf
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cd0e79346e---69656730574.pdf
    • https://festival.bg/fckeditorfiles/file/gimijuwupugokowejimaluf.pdf
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ecdb377999---lonemezuj.pdf
    • http://sporteambiente.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9408364637.pdf
    • https://rjiminfra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b911440dfd283d576d452f5a72b6b536/29539432759.pdf
    • https://www.elitelawnsolutions.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9r0stg1g5s21jn70f70ul3oip5/61896724373.pdf
    • https://aduanaldelvalle.mx/userfiles/file/xekatukopokiz.pdf
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ee9338cb85---6172069511.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=multiple+choice+questions+for+kids
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e8f3.bin
d8f0aa31b1a300deb70bb96bb15b17cc1e92dbbe4ebe29ed9ab6f27c130b5cc6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8F3 17540 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000116ad.bin
209e332f84dfd6a190fd9c3fb1f7f7b7789ba5a7f9083b8aedfd6475c9c32cd5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116AD 10884 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012f90.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F90 16792 bytes