Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 64a34903e0040a1c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-18 06:55:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: db2eb9deaf65afff66afc33a9bf9bb9f SHA-1: 3a7ae23d8c0a35ef444ca880bc11fef2600ddbe2 SHA-256: 64a34903e0040a1c3030716aa46b6a0d589ac06436b7f501e8c5cc4315708047
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious. It contains numerous external links, some pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, and a visual download button lure. The presence of these elements suggests the PDF is intended to trick users into downloading malicious content, likely a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=2010+tamil+movies+download PDF link annotation
    • http://novafish.it/userfiles/files/52001920074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alacarte-grafik.de/userfiles/file/gesimidotoduri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wonsakai.com/uploads/files/12657138479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/astcl7fsgu0r3mvvud5cu68cl0/86701192353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quimicasorocolor.com.ve/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75111985750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur4.com/contents/files/vosofutojanok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msdoubrava.cz/foto/images/file/teditavuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jgbt.us/pds/userfiles/files/12001407968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f968b11ebd---rowus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viettranslators.com/webroot/img/files/16040530360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quatangsongvan.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/2846070516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://r4binsh4h9-att.com/contents/files/pegebaxumujid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rbc-bezorgdiensten.nl/upload/10265268525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eco-versute.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wimuretetidoxifofeven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onecre.com/images/content/files/69311498507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettotamborra.eu/userfiles/files/2377795214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freebcard.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99871674490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupburuemas1.com/contents/files/nopodiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f5a6e1d64e96948244029db4d4aea9e/pejomomekasetujexedof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://old.bgk-meshkova.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10873435971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sugarfree-gelato.com/upload/file/47422973392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ce1486eb20---9516792392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cet.sk/res/file/64885142161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dienlanhlongan.com/upload/files/3307646219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rayocazar.com/images/elfinder-1.1/files/file/dimizup.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_off0000e347.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE347 10656 bytes
SHA-256: 25998508bca52d7a3c7dbeb705ece2adc5a333f02bb4d2b069387c94ed23b7a2
font_01_sfnt_off0000fbce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBCE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000113e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113E0 17692 bytes
SHA-256: f244edb1a0656b7f86265787c96fcd4d7f28eb8442d0de17e8f7330e8ee13e1c