Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 793aa56cf6446080…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-07-12 16:12:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 0e1ba6cee565e74005b91245747f2908 SHA-1: c8ea7d399fd0f034d01d2294cbbff879257ed200 SHA-256: 793aa56cf644608069dc2aa0f271e8db47dc817bfa8cc938a8a34dfbdb2f0b1e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, likely intended to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The presence of multiple PDF link farm heuristics and a high ML score indicates a strong likelihood of malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65ad906003160556728e472f16cee010/wuwidenipirolizasok.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://exima.kr/userData/board/file/6750150936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41a56678b90b70637979d7b0800d74da/26757356692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbe029db1e5---rumuboselapenisasodefiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keralabiblesociety.com/fck_uploads/file/32372210599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meruzhankhachatryan.com/app/webroot/files/file/kulozepixedob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1p6leg63o23t340jatncdp5u65/65411809023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meijialx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32466967149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hungthanhauto.com/luutru/files/tafalowuzopujuwazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mayfamilycircle.com/clients/5/53/53cd9f4101e72b768929e5daf979c2da/File/pidexepidemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aqsclimited.com/EditorImages/file/zofoxasep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f867abd671---59203708604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kssi.ir/public/userfiles/file/23801705858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e76e6a5b3---17561972427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608913f496245---6205307614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ltgpartners.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1181c375ca113b99a5217449fcb17e43/65049632091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1f8393025a---dimizupezisewawasubuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youngshiny.com/userfiles/file/1621939053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e04522f7d0---56464417038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jucal.es/images/file/15505685574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607adfa77c79b---17926669511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0864daf2f182371e62e30151c9a1ab5c/vokurosomox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bea1fbc10fa---kuzomabib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=letter+of+recommendation+for+courtPDF 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_off0000ef9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF9A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000107ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107AC 16344 bytes
SHA-256: 18023ce21fd96d86a8e66c051fca6593bd6fe6fbc148f25a10d99c8df1ea107c
font_02_sfnt_off00013190.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13190 10480 bytes
SHA-256: a2e260d7d2e02d1d19352c6be4364e3bb9aeb7989a4ef98c0ba148540cc3529d