Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 386205aef646c9a3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-07-23 19:03:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 49218e9676e8e06ce7062a830377c1ef SHA-1: 0f25ef719d9a1a00ec1927811ac69090db020c6d SHA-256: 386205aef646c9a369cef2e8d1a65ab19a86927967e6bec46bfb24ca788650d9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically flagged as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, directing users to various domains, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites, under the guise of a driver download. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farm heuristics indicates an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://mzlpro.com/web/img/podborky/files/35823718966.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/918106ccf3b67a56d306c7a2e448a858/30874221244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://essuances.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/teduwavojoberut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buergerforum-tirol.at/file/63057750979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cambresisemploi.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30669318569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metrocars.london/survey/userfiles/files/mirajiporeput.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aaca26672f---49392446642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbf410af6e---67316851541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8947bf6ca5dd548829595e03ab0635ac/91649854159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vl55fsbp73on1svupgqt7vth5l/40226186768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holycrossyouthministryasp.org/clients/f/fa/fa15eac34f6f8ef5a8ada011ffef1578/File/42678588510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cepsagibyachtfuels.com/images/photos/83621600110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160802ce0de960---ruxejobepedavifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turnyras.lt/Files/file/63439582141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607912706fc7b---9945876251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viajesalaos.com/webroot/img/files/66046456928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608364e2b1424---70697275851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emilygrilltogo.com/uploads/files/tomaviko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starkhigh1972.com/clients/d/dd/dd83d6d7846a033806cdb512e10d7d7c/File/wipekimepenasadikafuramed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avgdesign.com/userfiles/file/bibetewafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pestresolution.pt/site/upload/file/57270992416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e60b9f3abcbd6663ac949623cec95ec9/jasumutefozorakoxik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aunay-sous-auneau.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruxajizekolafub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmszke.hu/files/file/siwinopozupinal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sf-tfi-pgu.uz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e93cd8ce00c879c8aeb1967ac48e512/80184047349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=synaptics+ps%2F2+port+touchpad+driver+windows+8.1+downloadPDF 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_off0000efdf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFDF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000107f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107F6 11532 bytes
SHA-256: 5ac7994e4774623f9f77d1374ad51f9bb2c48ccbc7aa7995e8a8f1f86e6f1da5
font_02_sfnt_off00012374.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12374 17244 bytes
SHA-256: 84830e29e91786a3f5082edba8520f0ee428f0d0ca97fc69fa6e3732f5a274a7