Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6636349ca2ac5dda…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-08-18 09:35:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: f1868fe75ff8c2cbd96ad2064b877ccf SHA-1: b3b2940b3ff693fd41e51c17d07b9162207dc695 SHA-256: 6636349ca2ac5ddaf9c7427d0a88b3bd65f19cf4ac4a4680748751a3d26bfa07
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting sites, likely to facilitate malware distribution. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://www.cr-sdc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5944ece4164579ddf4dc18ffb5682d50/tewodajubopifi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://teenmag.cz/userfiles/file/gibagotufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newmanclassof1965.com/clients/4/4a/4a7b3a1a0fb21659e68ac19badabb541/File/rupibufajavulili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eths1967.org/clients/6/6b/6b000f7c2bca5b3a89f93fde6b54c5e6/File/50873055593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yssnewlessons.org/UserFilesTwo/file/47785523679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuvanluatdanang.com/upload/ck/files/46245925842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b9923cea6d686e2f439fd5f3a86f3b0/godufemad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd95f767012---51384072718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prtl.pl/userfiles/file/15591785794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/drg1cdt2ma37abfr9mc6dbk5g1/53005966054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae84550f30a---1115058152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bussmann-tiefbau.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rotami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7da34t52s5re492vn17dek83a4/zomij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hsbc6bk99dk21ocqaq2peri6gq/rigafup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maradonasalud.com.ar/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dojezixiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://td-mg.ru/uploads/files/pimitunobuvasig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611ca2863b89e---81078914010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4hsqiud2uobse3l25h7hkiebap/fonosenegodagijanavaloduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://memsports.com.br/admin/libs/ckeditor/ckfinder/files/9069704683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23eaa615c843b6d73690e4399653ee9f/poges.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf262b3a13---68271425969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brkvinc.com/userfiles/file/4141638636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ecvbrass.ch/user/web/file/musurivurivakorevekuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160796e6763492---waweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093b5988c524---98543191940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=we+can+be+heroes+full+movie+download+in+hindi+filmyzillaPDF 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_off0000f277.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF277 17344 bytes
SHA-256: 7ac41d4f85940a8049067e523016ce96451965f20c20d4a56b966a1d03d1c877
font_01_sfnt_off00011f5c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F5C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013773.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13773 11204 bytes
SHA-256: 858a8a2e413f3dfaeb412686464b10c027d50a09acb9529c44ee5d705f467688