Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 410ab31719b88be9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 15:52:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 5debb58aef6bd721611b43bd17c34cf8 SHA-1: 3dcf040dc01b29396e9b16b53bf140e59a94b92d SHA-256: 410ab31719b88be992ea96592f99e55cd183ee3a7b651b4264b5c5af7f9a0726
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of multiple heuristics related to PDF link farms and external URIs, combined with a "download button" lure, suggests a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The numerous embedded URLs pointing to various PDF files on potentially compromised or disposable hosting further support this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=history+of+english+literature+full+book+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://china-baby-clothes.com/d/files/vomexabepoxujulab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vivekanandbawwa.com/userfiles/file/68543111750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071684aaf5a7---zofeluwije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bobmeetin.com/media/galleries/files/luwukileperesalepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europacreativaeuskadi.eu/files/galeria/files/bivoxiduf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thrifty-uy.com/files/others/56880280666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a829321037b---metodozofininowakipopebut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gezond-trakteren.nl/kasteel-doornenburg-img/bestandenfile/89869989488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metrocars.london/survey/userfiles/files/48502822049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomhypnosisnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbcbed45687b018052ad6cd74155cc35/66564119631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://20thhelicoptersquadronreunion.com/clients/71358/File/99972262445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87cc24effb748e6e81eb21175d42bbcc/karigilusamojulipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zamgph.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/uploads/file/260228535694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99fd28a37f8d88f8ef0d2db824185b0e/83321827115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://graffitipaintstudio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9022a181ae9857793e542b5223d9796/sonepelotupigiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chalappuram.com/userfiles/file/taradi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debden.org/userfiles/file/zigijuzawebif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abogadosaguilar.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/genarifafodaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlxzkj.com/uploads/file/170450568432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bclgrouptt.com/userfiles/file/mofadofuwutep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temtechnologies.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20216914353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontiersneurophotonics.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1607eeae2e1aa3---22256929755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apteka-wratislavia.pl/halatecza/userfiles/file/67683369288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruiguoex.com/upfile/files/2021/07/01/57148129968.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_off0000ff0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF0F 11212 bytes
SHA-256: 78159959a2b0964636533e2545cdba3623cfeb3ade9f4bbae8be8fb8ccd6c1cd
font_01_sfnt_off000118da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118DA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000130ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130EC 18704 bytes
SHA-256: 1cd7236086921f452d5909809770495286e418159bdd1f710b4d4fd268068b16