Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a396edf153725c8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.7 KB Created: 2021-08-07 04:06:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 3c355de1436ea3b1ca2994512026c4ce SHA-1: 9c83887560e6b1db4109ce87e3e6397f0f726cf4 SHA-256: 2a396edf153725c886402a658abb0e2e42a511ee3907a3225bd8884252cd6ac2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://orderbestwings.com/uploads/files/35957650336.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5d7f70bee9---pazabomewuzimowemibibagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharaalpharetta.com/sites/default/files/file/kugitexifivavoguzunuger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092656b09589---34558690340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070cc8f8aa0d---26023153653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ubestsports.com/imager/files/20210718072518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d27be8d32d3a2229be7b0effb94534c/45124366190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inciboya.com/resimler/site/files/95909750864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faw-asia.com/image/upload/files/93499764635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://northwestpixie-bobs.com/clients/e/e1/e1941a3904c49320334fd90e0ed9e852/File/dazifidik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://campcolefamilyreunion.com/clients/82065/File/33355513974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmvassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afc13c376441ce3c078b832b59e1de6f/rosavidezosurolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160faf5255758e---renajubavajokowuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094781047a71---39054203140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allcreaturesinc.com/files/files/gutawogufelirejako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alsterparkett.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fhmlmiivneg8rjkmpqen13h6s/fanatidozeludir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tailormade-sales-marketing.com/userfiles/file/7940039237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tripleccompanies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1249f1f6c249bb22cba778ec6d40b691/bowebogufufujedibibumel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simondaulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vejirijifarebifoxusiwuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-farh-iq.com/upload/userfiles/file/jomip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apluskleaning.com/admin/images/file/wiwubiratitupoladobazar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/scnmsvnnuk17heubnomkkgii93/34967217633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2016.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mivune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiolegaletrotta.eu/userfiles/files/91877340325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4appsoftware.it/file/41705345602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dianacb.cz/userfiles/file/65795562231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=geometry+chapter+1+resource+book+lesson+1.7+practice+a+answersPDF 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_off00011324.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11324 11380 bytes
SHA-256: a9a42e9d0df0713b3985ac1060c1bc19eb7ed587e6e18031602e291a49daf7e5
font_01_sfnt_off00012dc2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DC2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000145d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x145D4 21020 bytes
SHA-256: f6fc7c6eac258ea85beb9f20736fa2ecd7b3afd82cd7a08ddac1927b2521b91f