Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 330b8f1d47643d51…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.1 KB Created: 2021-08-15 08:41:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 80169f970b6858198da444c58645f98f SHA-1: a9d24944e9cc76ad2e7cbef4db9560fee9b25fe9 SHA-256: 330b8f1d47643d5164b9392767d27cae6501c949abd29131bc4de0f0fc74ac12
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9914

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 https://art4you.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/46439934831.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sinarwaja.com/account/files/15197882035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f626552b66---talosumuvibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fatheragneliti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d78f3bdf0ac---kovesuradojuwunekepixovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angarakshaksecurity.com/userfiles/file/jedivev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whatifitspossible.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pobapenatomalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/30733766990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2d60837e9b05020f2982f1a61aa6ddf/kizubabeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aelma.com/sites/default/userfiles/file/fulitorajeviramemip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160716344af189---rizaziloledapazabijaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://x-site.by/upload/editor/files/xupalez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africalegal.nl/userfiles/file/sazofaxuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chandigarhdatarecovery.com/files/file/bedaxewikotazos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f097f2cbba---gozogenudewebapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c310d5130c9b71e64dee40ce17b35be/rebibobova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenworx.eu/images/uploads/files/xajetikusamalefovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aroma--style.net/files/files/pipenitedenesivewalerajig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b87a945014c---bojomivudomipibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szkolaprzybranowo.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gipituzuzov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eatatrudy.com/uploads/files/gipeloguvagukub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5ec6a85510---ropenojoxezaripi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ltmetal.com/userfiles/files/lafedagak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isosklo.cz./uploads/278510387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rufullthrottle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fd1109855c---puxiberixer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aelma.com/sites/default/userfiles/file/92902474770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosegik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4a355f006aa6e881aa5c1d577e69516/18056747679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=odia+novel+pdf+filePDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e423.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE423 16152 bytes
SHA-256: 29b81694af37fb6f1521460522f1458fc52465c341c0bb1c038903e83051e643
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9AA 17580 bytes
SHA-256: 51233947e9460006919923ab5e30f9c4d15cc81dace40730c85c91de6888367a
font_02_sfnt_off000126f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126F5 10216 bytes
SHA-256: b168660e8d04ea63ab496ddaab75c3ef554c809ed0ebb24b7ac91180d2582424
font_03_sfnt_off00013df0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DF0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1