Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5ea7f40c7ba76816…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.7 KB Created: 2021-08-01 21:27:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: ee9dd293dd9f08774ba863d35855ec96 SHA-1: 3d0cfe83659a93b32afec8824884643542ac0113 SHA-256: 5ea7f40c7ba76816075dda9c029c65246dce8604be34ee8fe2fecee360ec7fbb
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and other disposable hosting, likely serving as a lure for users to download a password-protected archive. The presence of a visual download button and password instructions further supports this phishing and download lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bb790746cad6929bcb2074313c3e286/15674164264.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086367d5dfc7---sinevovevasov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ediliziaunoaventi.com/userfiles/files/41164832754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25a49fdba4a73384f04d99406bf2c579/zivusulod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pindimana.in/uploads/file/6172670110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dvp1hv556b1jjm94ci15prc0p0/30342184696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ampletrekking.com/userfiles/file/gugenewomopejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://all-stage-meditation.tw/uploads/files/60fec9e76deba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dirabrealtors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bed04d2b8c2---sabisizuwarowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liderpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/73111533679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zamokugrofa.sk/admin/fckeditor/file/sabedasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2l7uunejl2cortjecchki340ip/dazalokabonaluzefaleri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef8e793ef2635bf0a99ac03942761a86/2517442004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc0d2bea003---29764012885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c89e03d3bc35013e375a9666886591f1/2269162401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa0012c96cb---giwuzer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b56897e8a69224befd0e91fc803aed04/mosuvujezokav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubenferro.com/userfiles/file/linonola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rotarylaspalmas.orgdocumentos/file/36261864184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arslanemlak.com/E/file/48555615669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b83b57d6316---loditerasogagimone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kurskodkb.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/40527862987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lee-trading.tw/archive/upload/files/zafugavasunesem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607efe235c1fe---fulupib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=nokia+2+ta-1011+flash+file+downloadPDF 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_off0000fd77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD77 17568 bytes
SHA-256: ee30e03f3e8db76c66831fce7abbaa53b169b0d194640943dca9b483a6b18975
font_01_sfnt_off00012bd1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BD1 10836 bytes
SHA-256: 0bf4d839c080a6c10695e479a1fda90c37cfdae8f0e7b0cd658286e193231b5c
font_02_sfnt_off000144fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x144FD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1