Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 73515176977ba086…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 21:12:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: e07fafbbad7f956dd4447ecdd84186a4 SHA-1: 8667a9ddac3d1395b0be2b9d6ac29728f9a7c893 SHA-256: 73515176977ba086d645a0cf7a747bd4e015d4eb37b322ae985b4cd377b88727
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous URLs, several of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure aspect of the attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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://atut-biuro.com/uploaded/file/mefakonaberu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://northjerseyseniormenssoftballleague.com/clients/2/22/22e10641a135963e7b476298ec508c3c/File/45004433623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greatnice.club/updatefiles/file/ziwafelunuwarix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fskyok.com/uploadfile/files/torenimedij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balie.overeembv-profielen.nl/upload/files/99943571565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sealskinz.ru/files/file/lirapobas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thermcom.cz/userfiles/file/wutob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lesson-online.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28h0bn40t60s3cuscn91ijpif2/wifulaxebuzusijasuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13d5f418f1b5d5b69ecf892a5bdec98f/16616583596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098ad7e93fc4---14447185665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160761cbc41958---zeginu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://expertcomptablecourreges.fr/michel_courreges/userfiles/file/nuwufusiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611f02dd38959---42170549506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dd668ab180---6745526693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifemartrealestateconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ootm0jok9c6tmahk3ipp8apko2/81835153434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benetalent.com/upload/files/fesojumafikegujiwuguvez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abnicum.com/files/file/fevogoviwaguvudufivige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kawanmto.net/contents//files/jezuxokajamutam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dabcec033c434bcd150bafc9dd666fa0/ditifapaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinajessie.com/seadata/data/uploads/img/file/162396026917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burgaseguros.com/userfiles/file/xuwasukutazigolikuzot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3c87de0c4ded737ba4ca84a90764eb5/59310976771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad88e9ba49c---lovolojutolesifapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cenlafilm.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/92664728566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=current+affairs+2019+pdf+free+download+in+english+with+answersPDF 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_off0000cd73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD73 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e585.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE585 19680 bytes
SHA-256: 9c00abc8c17aabbcc1f11b763ed18a998cfd995564cf5f7a7aaa40a2331c62f9
font_02_sfnt_off00011934.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11934 11456 bytes
SHA-256: 416d0cd655eb8a3b5462415080236d83419444a44dde5d1a0b04328dc52b11de