Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a1e2fe8f2b4a94d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-07-06 17:03:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 8741cac5c9da0c0dc535cb21d59886e6 SHA-1: db9b82f540d4a3fd8480ea6b916ed47ddce5c394 SHA-256: 4a1e2fe8f2b4a94d0b75c6d18c0cb47f3e17124e9c0704a0887a7e83324b1cd3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV detecting it as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. The file contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or scam-related attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://arte-salon.ru/upload_picture/jugifiloru.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://unnatiwelfareorganization.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47334876761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thsport.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35558878313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contact-house.com/fckeditor/upload/file/32915656132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7tuc7b6r55s5uqv4e1ino3cff8/62989723215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1175a3170c73d80f72df32f500c9cc43/37124310832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://royalrep.com/userfiles/files/lonanigeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chelseacarpet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/uploads/vovozamuxanopuwogotejor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalmediaminds.com/uploads/files/20421051091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/56407252554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/084t13pke8d6va7k3ndh8anmo2/woragoxunopigepisodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfbb86ce3ac---kowezamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classicalgardenornaments.com/uplds/file/3519574861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a49e51bea22---fawirusolozabigojusozut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dragonera.cn/admin/userfiles/file/35073443086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5520fd206b---53662912050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1t9je8s611jej45ogovm6fjmfp/xizol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanleyresources.com/images/885806220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607911496fa6a---dukijajaberobomilijes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a0684151f5---19455479863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tort-art.ru/userfiles/file/nupon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosyromania.com/media/file/tidadigakafajada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thriftstorewebsites.com/flash/thriftstorewebsites.com/file/bufinujozakamof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3colorjazz.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/xaxukalufuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aef3a0c38f3---38412482980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f6860c18f1---kabijizorozem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=mathongo+previous+year+question+paper+chapterwisePDF 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_off0000d512.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD512 17580 bytes
SHA-256: 7ffac9f65cd4a8d34a672f358e6516266f92e04cb702fc92b77d46042706e79a
font_01_sfnt_off00010211.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10211 11112 bytes
SHA-256: 2727be8308fb9cc6cc8e14f78f1d5feda18950c252da2704a146f6e1e7b2f89f
font_02_sfnt_off00011bc7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BC7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1