Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a67b94833fda8b5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-09-07 12:09:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: eb063f0e670cc5dab65708981e5f1d8d SHA-1: 8de9bfde1ed113a43ed534ef82901133a38720b7 SHA-256: 4a67b94833fda8b51499788497d9ef15d16501a6948906dacc48952eb5c272fa
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs hosted on various domains, some of which appear to be compromised or disposable. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports the phishing attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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 http://retco.ge/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lirexiravuxav.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lompatjauh.com/contents/files/foxumojutugafubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a10239be86d---juzefebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gatewayhotelbangkok.com/upfile_hotel/files/gonokax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dharmapuridiocese.com/svnprojects/DHD/Source/images/files/kunesig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahreco.com/uploads/news_file/pezobagitor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psychanalyste-gard.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/betuloderugevubuxexipeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3c2eb8f10fd8683e1aba3e869acd89e/gofojesorogulevazerab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vinoplaza.nl/img/upload/files/savunilisuzudoloxik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161033336373e6---68010680631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odpadykj.cz/UserFiles/File/bofuzixisakunud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jt64aviena9o84bfke9cb97i7l/16834177260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allaboutdowney.com/userimages/86638502764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7dc3fb76d1---jaxamopidekevegote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altiro.nl/home/tjerk/file/nawam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eltonltd.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/pilegenog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giasudaihocsupham.com/Images_upload/files/27355771915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mabifitness.it/userfiles/files/mogusip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viajespereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c135ad5dec8---49332421446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de3d859c6e9---xemenezajopanob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ladyvenus.it/userfiles/files/nemojin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reflexlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf7bd71915b040196fd9a13c6b493044/mitetajezazerinibukamij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/wazisinupun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=area+and+perimeter+word+problems+worksheets+pdf+grade+3PDF 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_off0000ea71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA71 11416 bytes
SHA-256: ef8a41a35459c4c1f2e65493b3cfe04aabecbaff9a4a832671691bf13bca00dc
font_01_sfnt_off000104d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104D4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011ce6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CE6 16864 bytes
SHA-256: 4059e7487112c8112e2ed063c717449e6ad63f37beb5b9855bb54f7e6091406b