Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 807584d1b6070c4f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-10-07 14:11:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 0bd0e28b7dddcbfed54bf031fafc364f SHA-1: 2ca166a22f18623fb7891c9ea63aa3c6ece9b5c4 SHA-256: 807584d1b6070c4f06a901ef7cfe604fd2ebe5ad70a5d09b254efbff30b190d9
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics suggest it functions as a link farm, directing users to potentially compromised or disposable hosting sites, and includes a visual download button lure. The presence of multiple embedded URLs, some pointing to suspicious PDF files, further supports a phishing or malware distribution attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Optional Content Group with action trigger low PDF_OPTIONAL_CONTENT
    Optional Content Group (layer) co-occurs with an action trigger — content can be selectively hidden from viewers or scanners while the action still fires on open
  • 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://vtaky.sk/media/file/megurome.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aukshanya.promosing.com/alpha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73626034156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aranysolyomfeszke.hu/editor_up/zalixilusijali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agriturismolionsfarm.it/userfiles/files/77138484705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65cd564c59051b5d7f706fcb4d7093cc/bexisades.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toptoptraining.ru/img/upload/file/31823925834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gemma.lucien-sv.info/uploads/files/613da2863f3d8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bangiyaparishadtoronto.ca/bpt/editor/uploadfiles/selibusovitepusaguzokiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psystat.net/candyticket/uploads/page_images/files/fipukajovaruvefuliwojagav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ukmalayalamnews.com/userfiles/file/12698630512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onsale.social-push.cc/data/fckeditor/files/16532119866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://contrast.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95544258382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/95022165792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lscapital.it/images/file/69272816603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161382a4c98328---vojojodananivet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gandolfiarchitetti.com/userfiles/files/7976125509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fullhousetourism.com/UploadFiles/file/20210925201109165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamolenasnc.it/userfiles/files/zibuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kunbot.com/upload/files/xuxigini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salkim.com/userfiles/file/1266422441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2sqcgujm4qvrns6ncaot6n3pa6/21014565039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinturasoltra.com/images/slider/files/malafubezexoloforifajit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simoncaulkin.com/images/vovujoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cee714a4cb5c783bcb82b10949c7af98/midajojevawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mahae.hu/files/files/6531031265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antansconstructions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pagisubinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=katy+perry+download+mp3PDF 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_off0000d09e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD09E 10656 bytes
SHA-256: d22cdced45bcc458e423ccddece679d6c76d31a7ad9a6c1e51a7a4a053270c02
font_01_sfnt_off0000e917.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE917 19896 bytes
SHA-256: f1cb65fd4e1f5848dc0ca1471036f7bf0de4fb8b47c942394f8ef20b70f92116
font_02_sfnt_off00011c78.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C78 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1