Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 285f7c049137419c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 12:06:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: ccac48a810ec17f57509dd98c45d59ab SHA-1: e20dd2a43a6cea68d88a0f953b523697b2d561ba SHA-256: 285f7c049137419ceb219881d648af65c5acf19f15c6b07b6c81cfb3cc1914a2
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a phishing and potential trojan threat. The document contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, likely intended to host and distribute further malicious content. The presence of a 'password-protected archive lure' heuristic suggests the document may instruct the user to obtain a password to decrypt a payload, a common tactic to bypass initial security scans.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

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
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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.
  • 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://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7d9b481b54---82303092777.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4a4cd50601f0451639dbdb01bbe1ca5/nimoseviwunex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleinschadenexperte.com/userfiles/file/3652506563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089482a4f99e---82517107941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vibjmbvgjs8urua66urhi596oe/zarugokaniseguko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/1688252270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/74124876007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samoinstitute.mn/uploads/assets/file/tovebidibiwosawapori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a77404bdef5---gibotewutunekum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizcsap.hu/files/file/xipisekev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/20676622316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102fa0ab601f---rupujosav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenfuturevietnam.com/Upload/files/64485107609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a616d872ef---39087068528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0glfu7fferee59824r5ue81o81/62485908509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e1e5e056d6---25235310303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70119e48b1f63080bc07a94857a1ce4a/fibubarugetemakukotaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ba69d7b665---jabekoxorala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evergladesharvesting.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70758870632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c34327e3d36---vepajaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16110d29a33c67---2759499830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e3e71fe4d74---jatezupowupogegugokazelik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=lyrics+to+a+matter+of+trust+by+billy+joelPDF 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_off0000dd02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD02 19136 bytes
SHA-256: bb4f9274ea35ac5204f28f4ca251437723d0db4cd24a68bdfe30e181c969fc40
font_01_sfnt_off00010e3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E3B 10836 bytes
SHA-256: 11a6cf53176d6fd81e12d12b222b3f12daaf99852316e8b61817ac9a24b6bc58
font_02_sfnt_off00012750.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12750 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1