Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 750e33f143216eaf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-09-16 17:49:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 7d1cf284c479ce73dc0a5305972e14b8 SHA-1: 3b5026146e33ce6a8fed418a6b23a8c731d69061 SHA-256: 750e33f143216eafe07cc94825b38a0f1cb992f33e289d0445c89018ab5e84e9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a phishing or malware distribution lure. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+emulator+for+low+spec+laptop PDF link annotation
    • https://12shio3.com/contents/files/danijujeduwilupogamowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongtienlamnghiep.com/upload/file/77430822554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businessincasey.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11224786096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solarhomepage.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/17760220784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speckletrack.com/update/editor/file/gaxepesafitubosusubojelar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pr-dienst.ch/file/lululujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieuthigo.vn/upload/ck/files/44446888821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eaaf677d735ac7d41dbb0e87401ed97a/fexikojuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://760_709737661.mildmedia-dev.eu/uploads/userfiles/files/21746275835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ourconn.com/userfiles/file/202109101817066522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotel-gerard-dalsace.com/upload/document/74128203274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edmcenter.xyz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dulolotivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giadinhlaurenso.org/upload/files/fesolem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132ed6b8a4fc---dugopuxuwekubituzalub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://df-2.de/images/daten/file/25970976171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapfenberger-schuetzenverein.at/userfiles/file/93316841336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://porpora.biz/imagenes/imagenes_contenidos///ninaresilikew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centromp.it/userfiles/files/wabeworip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137d0f0d1507---kojesupemefijenote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161345c0781f63---mepotakujavudululalami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kruengrangthai.com/files/files/lazipanazilokikogenibemus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kheops-so.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fajuzedexadukujakederex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://derp74.fooden.com/UserFiles/files/41654517705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaijzh9b.xn--90ae/documents/file/36328876226.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_off0000e6c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6C0 10948 bytes
SHA-256: d8176151437b4b47f742f0d8aaa3bd53e490d9d6a55a85edebe8a6098dde7f82
font_01_sfnt_off00010039.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10039 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001184b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1184B 17740 bytes
SHA-256: 76e165e65d9b43ae5669da9c5685321916f33df408a542e498664b8362249ede