Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 628880da33a72833…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-09-04 06:22:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: e8bd1924e16b06933cea69b8ce8c777e SHA-1: e8900c75b62cbf13ee0b9d5027a3e648a5ff0ea2 SHA-256: 628880da33a7283393a97552399d7d9337a74713d09f01208a7899571911e34a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious files. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports this, indicating the document's primary purpose is to trick users into downloading a payload. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=prusa+mk3s+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161153c558f9ca---wajisux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c9417a2195---xofojosovemapajozerabige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleiberit.ru/files/file/fowumojuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nordiskvillaventilation.dk/userfiles/file/99705827190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.keystonecare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd709eb6c07f578b14354ec32613ee86/84790724650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fapannimario.it/userfiles/files/sosunutufimiwowewav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adepotcustom.com/UploadFiles/file/20210528160321161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160747e9b24031---66467206145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/xurawojudodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steinemann-ag.ru/62606164772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konyanincigkoftecisi.com/userfiles/file/41865592735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svetpoznaniyaonline.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1505c8d4d32a90994c8c4d9e4cd94c94/55619755532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8ef9dd42dd---39941658335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpi1pusat.com/contents//files/57791825420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/15200783501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbgannualseminar.com/clients/6/60/607ac775fa755cf068047886b2bbe24d/File/tasezotiwelisusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084abb014b55---38106055657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc0af4f1cb9af0b6565354d62a118941/refinefinikuwirosir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://temple.mo/userfiles/file/82186130420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cloverpark1961.com/clients/6/6a/6a73a08bb68f643008adb5efbbb44e43/File/nizixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c8e3f59a34---sedewezuxegasesiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proektasis.gr/admin/spaw2/uploads/files/81888120352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d646.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD646 18404 bytes
SHA-256: ce7188044e9b1f1c03f219cecc596a579dac651dd309c21e92bea48827355119
font_01_sfnt_off0001066f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1066F 10192 bytes
SHA-256: 44e2d024a92499308f8986b809f50a8aea885b19f26390507f4ff1297fe56cad
font_02_sfnt_off00011d39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D39 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1