Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 397506ff20b59c89…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-16 16:33:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: f3d1e8d84115f7a5327ce766d8505800 SHA-1: 84fd3981ce4a27bfda2a8022238f8bf95bef86a9 SHA-256: 397506ff20b59c89597089e2080ff9d2bf45d4c77a07c8a6b2a6119d58ad2c2a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating it is likely a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to various compromised websites and disposable hosting, likely to download further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=app+to+watch+live+tv+on+android+tv PDF link annotation
    • https://scalper.ir/data/files/file/dewufupomojupamolusaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paykaaluminiya.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44928098071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a45499847f87c42beb6214f9b49f8c8/2168664699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a2ca555d0f---wipemudidorezobek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rosg.net/sa_upload/userfiles/file/20210909091039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snkpost.com/fckedit_file/file///20210912_0_2_5.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asfus.net/virgsurv/userfiles/file/27955122881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oticonshop.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21856698230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f64s2ufri6ughdtdr7ihthiq0/47257969141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kevinmcallisterlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/58704213420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purepassion.pl/userfiles/file/98062256662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://negaratoto.com/contents/files/13765899345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monyetmesum.com/contents/files/19513688731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tajesink.com/Uploadfiles/files/14021296156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guoyangmoju.com/userfiles/files/83219230367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smeeing.com/userfiles/files/39391661001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/biporulivedugobonogajuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burbank.kopanramen.com/uploads/files/79192596321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frankslawfirm.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/34032712362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/644921169f7673715dec347fbc4d6822/sexabeworawolelowup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb2c76d4fe4fd56b40a4c013c5c42c97/padosovozilasumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://communeouchamps.fr/userfiles/file/kodevesip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mancomunidadvaldizarbe.com/userfiles/files/49390322604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d98a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD98A 17616 bytes
SHA-256: d409799c38b20812124769a8e3cc209d1dfcac81554fa1e60ec35c99bf453574
font_01_sfnt_off00010759.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10759 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011f70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F70 10576 bytes
SHA-256: 80136aee2fa0cbbad9de2e5bd795088dcdaf7f37c4b1f2bd5f254b552ad60e77