Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 652ed0db79b6e657…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.1 KB Created: 2021-08-30 10:27:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: bb4745e748ca8b180a423af722e8850f SHA-1: 97ccb3ebff7d43499db8d03411f34e1ec547457e SHA-256: 652ed0db79b6e6570c3b8ede3e832d2dfc89256d3ac3b9fe8e67131c59a74dab
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious files or conduct phishing. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports this malicious intent. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9885

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=god+of+war+3+pc+game+download PDF link annotation
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e53c34fd6ce8bce3d0661078f08efae2/tirudezapovetulaguzuzegob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creteservices.com/FCKeditor/userimages/file/donuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f6558e928---22419675193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/83613120159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073c8187bb07---89853720875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rehahomecare.com/upload/editor/files/bivelubib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087ab029d7ce---takabowuwir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpeterscbs.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14108826006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schubert-hh.de/image/file/46538634782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biurod9.pl/public/userfiles/file/tererev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalmicrofinancesummit.org/userfiles/files/pakotasuwixerogati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eurouniversal.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/watul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usmleworkout.com/files/file/10502465689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dialog-seversk.ru/jsplugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vapulumazuzefofemijato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samurairamenbar.com/uploads/files/lomavopekexukuxon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba36f3cc329---mixenosiwawineliwuselufen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canevastoilestjean.com/upload/editor/file/nalolusudofawuwowuxig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barcabianca.eu/upload/file/85878727512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf12216cbed---71285878880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samsungvrvklima.com/upload/ckfinder/files/wanoxajolisovused.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jgmurphy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c329eeb477e747194ecf8fea0406277d/turatosodif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aae72bbe4ac---waxare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d36a8754ce3871ff087da4e22390bef/70523712779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosyromania.com/media/file/28987664904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blpest.com/UserFiles/file/51885279915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamolenasnc.it/userfiles/files/91558057407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarljarry.fr/userfiles/file/xenigi.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_off0000b99e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB99E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d1b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1B5 10900 bytes
SHA-256: 6b7d948632c5aa8111c8544bfd8c589a7defea4e436155a325e545f0466a6096
font_02_sfnt_off0000eace.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEACE 15944 bytes
SHA-256: 5ad2bbb226ef83f7e8cf13dd34bae46daa97eb871d9866b9504fba440f5f5552