Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 369a1723cc5ec5e2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 14:31:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: e6ca0029dba211f4b46a68a4bbfa2148 SHA-1: 7993d091a1f44fcdbcc3da14ee3ab0a3866fd040 SHA-256: 369a1723cc5ec5e208b70366d99db68133f0a55a78c9c9899c7602049c355cec
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, pointing to multiple compromised or disposable domains, likely to host a malicious payload. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or social engineering attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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://tea-ra.com/user_data/upload/save_image/files/bizuxotudutimumitawipud.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://fratellilongoni.com/userfiles/files/rebofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99f5d3b8d9a4ee980c6da9d22467c440/77082816039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trotasierra.com/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85698396423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dakhoanhanai.com/images/files/povelelur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://royalleasingny.com/admin/images/file/jidesoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geodavidepini.it/userfiles/files/lamin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immopolignano.lu/images/mutimuzoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doublehair.center/upload/ckfinder/files/75067198724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8003b92778---nizemebarorigifojizawukok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dg8uodp8e2uo143iu8nj6tkgpn/suribaxonarun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sport-konyv.hu/userfiles/file/folegigowitovonamomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160902d526f3c5---70689444121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kasihjp.com/contents//files/13176456065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1d6fadfdcac23a3c216463402a31bee/lazilibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicobonoli.com/userfiles/files/fijowigepegujekirisojeman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073d96716c70---jeteveveferusofeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81875db9583ad823cc298d9a3a47fd90/34048210530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609db1d0d3c79---pesar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiberglasssupplydepot.com/userfiles/files/miwidetogelaxerutivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088b7256f975---68583743419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c334b956fe3---bezagoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16114d351434a3---xawosalixiwemomasefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlinemidias.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49800656392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=writing+worksheet+for+third+gradePDF 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_off0000d81e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD81E 10756 bytes
SHA-256: 0762c32bf6fb975814907d21740ac69c6ab8fb845e6862de4f96246443a888ce
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0AF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000108c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108C1 17128 bytes
SHA-256: 63e7c8d4ee2877f50544e46c4c5d9edf04d43fee7d471fb00bedc60e18106784