Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7da666af84cf35f1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-09 05:22:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b3a2144713bcc846092c13f59b0bc688 SHA-1: a97e28233abde2aececf99d5c8bfb74cbbba3c51 SHA-256: 7da666af84cf35f15a18115026910d04bb712f7c4cb5fe6b602a7af14085e815
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Several heuristics point to the document acting as a link farm, directing users to potentially compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. The presence of embedded URLs and the 'Download Button' heuristic suggest a phishing or social engineering lure to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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 http://ideviceplus.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/56100414793.pdf
    • http://autovoda.ru/upload/files/24915311776.pdf
    • http://favorit.pl/userfiles/file/dudiburemutunetaxobi.pdf
    • http://olsztyntransportmedyczny.pl/userfiles/file/xaretakirirejidapatera.pdf
    • http://blekinge.boj.se/uploads/userfiles/files/kevokezojugij.pdf
    • http://chipublichouse.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kagikatubigugumurose.pdf
    • http://guerrazzi.info/userfiles/files/lexupuzutuku.pdf
    • http://af.ssla.ru/images/fornews/files/11768096316.pdf
    • https://www.3dreamchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d6ba02ca87dc30d04f35a1c2342d0d3/79497724410.pdf
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136856326d78---jefejikigu.pdf
    • http://iseveranscopy.com/upload/editor/file/diveretot.pdf
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f5ab428458---gaduboroweripezepaji.pdf
    • http://centroolosprato.it/userfiles/files/26898222965.pdf
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161395f557c8e3---44363294377.pdf
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161381dacc7848---13638275631.pdf
    • https://jeneifogaszat.hu/cikkdata/files/sedugezimavajewozetif.pdf
    • https://rosewoodcity.org/nbloom/fckuploads/file/21079557453.pdf
    • https://4cmedica.com/ficheiros_upload/file/67770949444.pdf
    • http://kayapalinakliyat.net/file/pelosasaririwitasowuvinoj.pdf
    • http://khachsanmyngoc.com/upload/files/66101870283.pdf
    • https://morganmethod.com/ci/userfiles/files/wafikilijefegevi.pdf
    • https://imagebuzz.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59598950089.pdf
    • http://xn--80aaa1acmiejxr6d7fg.xn--p1ai/data/files/famadibuveguxuromugafun.pdf
    • http://mehmetrasimmutlu.com/icerik/file/woxogap.pdf
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71c8a9580e65053bc0928e600425ce08/tuxemalenebol.pdf
    • http://serbanindustrialconstruct.ro/uploads/files/punir.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=android+app+to+delete+duplicate+photos
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000da87.bin
65c69e3c6bf601c0fb8e161662575c70b006934dd382a052a498df0cade08555
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA87 10692 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2fe.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2FE 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010b10.bin
b1b65e206dab7ef7873a5efe8776e2020d801df779685f790477ea9f5c441f6a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B10 18468 bytes