Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8112bb2395c2c742…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-09-16 04:30:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 6f81a8ea3fc0e33455f61cf284564687 SHA-1: 108241005e376b0a7ac68f062d934157892d1d47 SHA-256: 8112bb2395c2c742d7b2c28567b1622d765c04cd23fabd365ee367974f7fa064
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. The heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to download files hosted on compromised WordPress sites and other disposable domains. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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=momo+android+emulator PDF link annotation
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/onjir0jtvu2ob85mft4ru1v4ko/jireboputefikupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131a060d3055---jowopaxuvizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topliving.sk/userfiles/file/62255105558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl-light.ru/design/img/upload/file/wowewizijukenetafilazipuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skoleniridicu-online.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71510962270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lollanaclinic.com/image/upload/File/32935747626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yennenga.org/business_school/uploads/file/69741692217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jawarakreasi.com/file/67833988829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteplacementagency.com/uploads/files/rexunejinusivatimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detectagsafety.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90582276574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xuantruongtech.com/images/ckeditor/files/49106253490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhongyuemedia.com/filespath/files/20210916060002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tylbm.com/Upload/ckeditor/files/vasisufezigado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namhungholdings.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/gifupemur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patrick-jardinage.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45579991495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614143f7068e2---46317735413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbeo1acdy3adh.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/firezisopuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samirkumarpaul.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zoritedajawidosuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142880d755eb---gasovibawowan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ljo539h98pbhdd8gc9c92gsgu6/82289668825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skonasystems.com/userfiles/file/87980829462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuacuonductudong.com/upload/files/86356962305.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_off0000dade.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDADE 20124 bytes
SHA-256: f126b76d593a75fc57d05674b13de477dd5b324ba2dec5f77523410c3f57068b
font_01_sfnt_off00010fc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FC4 10336 bytes
SHA-256: 9ac2735c39f360cbbace5d49df0c13364a63b4eca678bb146edd5278d36a2eed
font_02_sfnt_off000126fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126FE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1