Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 634c7b36498ee105…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 08:12:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 0a8668b893f404acf31441295b074410 SHA-1: c2070f50f848b287806d6d988a4ac97cbe69bacd SHA-256: 634c7b36498ee1058ea0885bcf44cbafe4d2a350b38fd0a94d4fda8921bbe567
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting sites, likely to facilitate the download of a secondary payload. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or social engineering attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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 http://4998horo.gmmwireless.com/contents/files/12086380477.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://carpanea.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8eb9041d299017271906322ad4ae9d39/puzurutewesegugapin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wimborst-ceramics.nl/public/view/upload/fckeditor_images/file/15810542425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073e07891425---xonijuzojugun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duda-tech.pl/dudatech/upload/file/pelowugexite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1609abd0582f2e---faxukaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npi-management.org/ressource/site-image/files/97404113193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hurtmar.pl/Upload/file/tuxurubotirapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okmarin.ru/userfiles/file/81054100082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3m8mtidbcg4vqv7ekp7l25rtf1/93542343497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avrig35.ro/uploads/fck_editor/file/84257244035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ea071fbcc5dde636efe03812c1d1beb/96733639818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epmresearch.org/userfiles/files/toganudafufazus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba08b74270e---35017221316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfe607b6cca---16535356999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f784e16ef18---47901177086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reedxtrainternational.com/uploads/pages/file/savusabat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volker-issmer.de/userfiles/file/72730681162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aathichudi.org/userfiles/file/80349352229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cargotavio.ru/files/file/21549279144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1031c86e93d292720002b43ef3d2163b/pogometowesepisomine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alotercuman.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83495033967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c46e14aa12a---dewatogotuxopexexin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5o397aca9pmulp0bniotrqqei5/vovov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://champagne-marc-chauvet.com/images/files/60543544577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosegik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/053d4792f442fdb49ac845f947da50aa/84592485616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=high+school+grammar+and+composition+pdfPDF 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_off0000e6f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6F5 17632 bytes
SHA-256: 737bf4f5d48608df03cb224e10755e981f77b5629cddc74dc9b39379c300020c
font_01_sfnt_off0001145c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1145C 10928 bytes
SHA-256: 544630af8ed063d0ba9ca84fd158483af69ae568654a5a74adbd1c1d1ad572cc
font_02_sfnt_off00012d3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D3A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1