Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3a91a871c9c4a018…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-07-04 17:15:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: be7b24032f3a4fcf8c9196f6d9942b0d SHA-1: 3a01238f3f717c18f20f810bab3d1a0c9479810c SHA-256: 3a91a871c9c4a0189a0f93d3513a7dacf969f283fcb77314a04b5b184d38b5ad
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to lead users to malicious content. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of a download button lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://alpha-cp.com/userfiles/file/kizojukik.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.alexgis.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/18803314252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u854n5tblrggano20f512i09dr/tawotuzoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91e24624elu6anufk2upsg8f7j/dinarilowepupejogadamavij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirierielicopter.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084aea9e50e7---63875625856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094bfd8bd07a---33301679160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7427019e9d---72270491217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carszana.com/image/upload/File/piforawupirunewumop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a662025abd7---jaruju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56c9cf9eb9afe09f0d5bc7935d6c21e8/17637459383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafepiolho.com/uploads/assets/95221999411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aed5e757a8a---vujonanagemudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hutergroup.de/userfiles/file/lapofawulijuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ed6f1ce24c---kudab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bac21e712c0---98670057082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/tenuwoxipuperijivug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16d299f10e6a44d2f8d8286b9bb3a886/punitokobitanawobuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71b96dd08455683b2d236c0bc4917d66/mufijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u1mumndj2g8t5pdnm0hknsjoa2/tekumemukemom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdd7202700d---diboraragedumenebusez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.training/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/sovitobetiwovugid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf03ba80ab---88417554624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f64762def207f48157be9df23b665a42/31798016163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://utuin.net/files/fckeditor/file/42445134801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c144b60ae9c---gewajudofomexunajef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/160a608b441538---69338112564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=vehicle+sales+agreement+templatePDF 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_off0000f5d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5D2 10672 bytes
SHA-256: b8f44dc224f673e777b56e8db1f08b22ce34be2a4165620815f4b0de0a5b59c0
font_01_sfnt_off00010e1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E1D 16492 bytes
SHA-256: 3052d46bb2b334790ca5115e7cc6fdb645e45f715e1146a67accec7a9a506e8f
font_02_sfnt_off00013907.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13907 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1