Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 740ae325b887278a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.2 KB Created: 2021-07-14 10:47:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 9f9a1f514795654aa75c83cb56ca1a01 SHA-1: d3562cb2d417f9fe8194152a1b7498952a8714d7 SHA-256: 740ae325b887278a14aefa82cc8aadd741ef84e3c27f1cc42a710706b962d850
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF sample was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating it's likely a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. It contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to host or redirect to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports the intent to trick users into downloading a payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=beat+saber+free+download+android PDF link annotation
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdfeae70a83---52776588934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606dce0a80f31---14330299518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautyyaurient.com/editor_upload/file/bubidukowuliluxevowuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tunesistudio.eu/userfiles/files/watodowosunogatogepeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e8294c3f9d---xegofuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h91qn2qksgu2sjau5rgsf2ri7i/sezimusoninupozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6271036d9afde81f49386603b450b3c3/funopuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa9260ccd09021a6fad2c54430154132/ninafadevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5e187042f7856a7f7ec3605a2c6991c/54401259743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ncp2ofujghcbfaj6ehd7dinrm1/12898618639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samiznojmo.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63ab5db12dc661c861753b9f0d806c2d/3496521369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seanmore.com/userData/board/file/wajakilosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160808c6305808---bawobuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amdind.com/userfiles/file/39238206496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzstock.com/Upfiles/file/fewixololumuremofafefot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3p0oc5abu8iqac8taibl3f86o/80473426784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garderoba.sk/images/_file/libufak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g60v7lhhdaacklhl5rkn6tpomt/piwudimixarodelopela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.treehousecare.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d1fb48457b---nejelajazixezanekunitajek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b27de777e60---rakuturofarixusewegazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607825a80b41c---88775403388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cm5agaomu1fj68i167ks3pl317/71156408587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076905b0a7e8---33930765446.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_off0000fa3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA3B 10628 bytes
SHA-256: c608afb1ab1111bfa826828487df5bc0ee76cd52f36a4666dbeb0f8bfa325a12
font_01_sfnt_off000112bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112BB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012acd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12ACD 17956 bytes
SHA-256: 5186ce78fe4aa46c9c2797f1c831ccf7167387a0ba92bcc2c5b46e95a2ef0184