Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 81c6b9832ff39d2c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.1 KB Created: 2021-10-04 19:49:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: e593f21107070da62ef89dc506404248 SHA-1: e76c1282089516e40fecb1d1c2738a8ec3daa2fc SHA-256: 81c6b9832ff39d2cdb3985db402599b08c31f904be2953dba3a48c6c4eb5bd9a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating it is part of a link farm designed to deceive users into downloading malicious files, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic and the use of compromised CMS upload links further support this. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns suggest it is designed to exploit search engine results to lure victims.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://asthasupermarket.com/userfiles/file/dopiwetus.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sca-eagleegg5k.com/ckfinder/triplebuserfiles/file/lugipijexabukaverimumajos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leo.tw/upload/ckeditor/files/vurokakumisujudapararow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wenyanchem.com/upload/files/zenebobasezifimanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinasimex.com/uploads/file/76262451977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioituigiay.net/uploads/files/96726525801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2ruoteexpo.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tezavum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijpdua.com/contents/files/29465870008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161529edb68a83---xonukebexijulewubodujajab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f19f4303abeeb6f0cd0ffae291efe88c/tejisozufexizevoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161469c3a5cfb3---damar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chelseafoodmart.com/uploads/files/32856277947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agedwedfjtj.pretty-match.com/upload/files/58774435161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupekineconcept.com/userfiles/file/rorenesuxefabofabixaxes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vaness-sens.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52885349195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicellbank.com/userfiles/files/kopidelukotomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driscollandgibson.com/images/edit_images/file/26874652116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artgraf24.pl/userfiles/file/boguvunulaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldurra.ly/images-editeur/img/file/sakuzunigalik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robertfeinberglaw.com/images/edit_images/file/metezoxur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/pipadoberezejumeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuspsurgeons.com/userfiles/file/22111916674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimsanghun.com/upload/userfiles/file/20219121351113132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=garry%27s+mod+apk+android+download+freePDF 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_off0000c301.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC301 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000db18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB18 10924 bytes
SHA-256: ac1b06f4188faf56222ad73b008acfd21a21f5f21da7bbcd541a421247864f6b
font_02_sfnt_off0000f485.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF485 17864 bytes
SHA-256: 839070a3dcb29e5d7ed6f3c12b4baefe8188a364dc2becdfb75c009112a07064