Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 390adc56065c4314…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 23:46:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: e083f82d999eec46b4a08d6c34a1b824 SHA-1: f251d3695789b36d298ef1d96f1f661784e8ca1d SHA-256: 390adc56065c4314cac2b85bcbdc51b1a66a7ce090d2f168a6fe610bb4af8740
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the attack pattern of luring users into downloading malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609beb1dc880b---77874146352.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://winhazel.com/indigo/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87709759313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoiotelecom.com/imagens/img_fckeditor/file/78188819309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northernillumination.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60b6287e023b4eabbfd57427526b3e74/bululajuxunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ps-chiptuning.hu/userfiles/files/duwedovenifefarim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33fa395bd1b7d0894fda23951e00b5d4/75796055978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajambary.com/userfiles/file/botaxedulumelesasumupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610e7b7e34e1c---39737880019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073af4133798---20011944002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajivikafinance.com/userfiles/file/xudepixasik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alnahamgroup.com/userfiles/file/fevakijuwotomamolimexowuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhadatonline24h.com/Images_upload/files/52947607579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a62103cdb9f11b4f1bac02fc3b7efaae/gemiraregaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecareprogram.org/images/file/bumuvopivesonuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serramentisiciliano.it/userfiles/files/30334517825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100a7d36064b---53564768470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.danvillern.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4fab1f271b99bece572ac9831497f95/sogevasonirexef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8dbd76981---rivopitase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608344e54f3c1---48894567899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pk.mo/userfiles/file/77069314044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074d9166c6b9---21195576431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://copy2d.com/ftp/image/file/50489107874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rauvuonsach.com/images/uploads/files/jobozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aukuras.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tadirega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=previous+year+synonyms+and+antonyms+pdfPDF 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_off0000e0f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0F3 17680 bytes
SHA-256: 94b0c2cf08f4aa65d0f434794b849e91f61fabc3e2abca5469918f338121bd23
font_01_sfnt_off00010f1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F1C 10896 bytes
SHA-256: d92c24f60fefcdad1a1fac116e5c7d3a5e0960be9bf651d8d9ab4e184523cd91
font_02_sfnt_off00012864.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12864 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1