Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 493710ec77cb4369…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.4 KB Created: 2021-07-24 08:42:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 8e0da871a56921f7ec92d70f63903999 SHA-1: 15731e94782ac4ee44190f545dc148d908626909 SHA-256: 493710ec77cb43697659b2ccf4da9b27b6464b3c5b4a6bd9bd369b9d4be30c16
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's designed to lure users into downloading further malicious content or visiting phishing sites. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports this malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ajr2sbmpdbgu6fi29q7hogoi6r/wolat.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be3b401fa70---39093113689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thaiahpa.com/flash/files/23115231464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hinogas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vgtluv57jtu4roake353g1bvv8/vafenisapajezevinenupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plswa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb60090b1c9d36aa96479d41e85d5030/17031439921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://changdahk.com/upload/76051603924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608134a393ba3---potunusofef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hd2l2gt8g9vcjr604bc3amfikd/31422496689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasymusic.it/userfiles/files/92372906944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086e01bcdf45---meropamimafesemiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilovehikari.com/uploads/files/84001754698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2384b3660d---6852492057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okazdedziecko.pl/_files/Media/file/jigubijuzetav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mkconline.com/landmark/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rewixosuditoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d527e100e8---wedaviselenuwinuwujimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ebe362af9e---9028556323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prana.video/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n6854m7n40es8jmoh3v5pq5ikr/95094386014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac87a8b3aac---61301230291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/runimapuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westboroughhigh76.com/clients/b/bc/bc4984db1d461a603911d7e4814e3e59/File/80051689116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leesman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c272500c9aa37e5887eeebb3f581786/15984807734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608096254acbc---tomowikivube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=sims+4+patch+november+2020+broken+modsPDF 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_off000115aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115AA 17240 bytes
SHA-256: bd8a178e6849f7140dc8c124c129beebae909fedf62db9005c023d374b121c57
font_01_sfnt_off00014291.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14291 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015aa8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15AA8 11428 bytes
SHA-256: 10ab9afcb0b7fbbf4f265abbca1e074e26df15564393ae246ae5d30a469195e7

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