Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 486341f7853c715f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.6 KB Created: 2021-06-18 11:53:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: 6bcd23d70955eb2fd088db87d745b8e9 SHA-1: 5ba66571757328a220788436d2b56454293d2ed0 SHA-256: 486341f7853c715f7a7dbf2faaf5561264dc69151beead744af83b96c0af08fd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. It functions as a link farm, directing users to download files from compromised WordPress upload directories, disguised as free website templates. The presence of multiple links to potentially malicious PDF files suggests an attempt to distribute further malware or phishing content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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://proxima-design.cz/files/file/46409794146.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lsme6s0l63cu5873uokducen71/dumalule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muzeumostrowiec.pl/obrazy/file/84982041068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607010e905bea---sukobas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klhl.com/userfiles/file/fubobudepomugoremowewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happy-travel089.com/CKEdit/upload/files/jakej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b824f0e3ff---sojopenesexizunid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chanakyaaerospacedefence.com/userfiles/file/13891712957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608064e5532cd---tixerukukudenadotawabit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b05edb8fd8f---lotefebederinodesesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c75c097e9cf0ed91e2e447ce31bc6d93/lojawerisijajozefetofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liccuza.ro/stiri_files/file/23342874902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bistro-e.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cffe272d3d---lipuvugap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ik2r4a5018go0hufrkqo1di9g7/68018307658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f62d21eed8---44293512226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kmclogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0b87aaeba5eca6fb91de40bc6c5e92c/mipiwoxafisanixenag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1520aa90c57b2706a67a02482bdd46d5/59022621498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muszempilla.com/files/file/66366496423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=free+football+website+templatesPDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f5e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5E9 5232 bytes
SHA-256: b2b1661a9575903c550e22568c98328d9e082732912146d5bb6ad3b97f152540
font_01_sfnt_off000107b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107B7 11160 bytes
SHA-256: f6de577bb57c9992c22cc59ab59b12e0f687a3ed08a17760910dbd68ed38ee65