Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8131bd27d9229675…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 06:18:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 392f0acd6907d7c6d6994f9c3226679a SHA-1: 929808927a63dc80dd5219e06c0b190d71ddd6e8 SHA-256: 8131bd27d922967582a53e01375204e9b8239ea9dbcb9ae5cad21d3ea3dcaea8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting sites, likely to download further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or social engineering attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=reduce+pdf+file+for+email PDF link annotation
    • http://chsbicentennialclassof1976.com/clients/c/c2/c283bfa2537a82fb79a670aa087b4bd4/File/91996381869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb491ca9f7258dcc243cfc109f2fd9bc/vumezigapepojukibetik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4af018fbf2---43899836299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsl-trans.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24057855310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chichen.asia/ckfinder/userfiles/files/giruxavavatofevegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/524651171e3ef7129df9eb17c9d2bbbf/97537182352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wm-meyer.de/meyer/admin/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6392566478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saunadlaciebie.pl/userfiles/file/diduvuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constantemails.com/userfiles/file/1624719592zasigijoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morabia.fi/images/file/94727821888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harasim.cz/uploaded/files/326108684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610e8749d4487---9958063081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e2106cf2b3---xapegefodedij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ab6865cf37---zubovubenazododewekana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahknchem.com/upload/files/logugojodebuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://markone-tools.com/upload/files/57210361836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/740og8pm7ovbrhv6m9iu6ctnbv/1968816227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://people11people.gr/uploads/File/80215799044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608716c3d89f3---lozinizefodupebor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivepe-elearning.gr/assets/UserFiles/mainHome/file/60946226040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096a9a2c6458---16644406863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b6d2c088c4---nitaroguzosonawitivof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livestreaming.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4thtdoknmogqef6tcqvt179p4no066kc/59399855599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608623cee7b87---10306747619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.companyforte.com/imagenes/editor/file/lozaxozeperuz.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_off0000e27c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE27C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA93 10556 bytes
SHA-256: b4eeb9146d3158581385d94f424f16d11566d81723975a8c8a48a28346f3c5b9
font_02_sfnt_off00011290.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11290 18308 bytes
SHA-256: ba476c9ab627f0fb563d7022e9d9c4da1306fa403ba93a4d7a262415c54738cc