Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 849b87beead0fee8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.1 KB Created: 2021-07-31 03:11:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 173623ff1e30d4301ac763358ce02e07 SHA-1: b9b6979274022d2d71dd79ba96f14952fc26bace SHA-256: 849b87beead0fee850cd2f4677c4192c53552dd534e6fb5521831f26fd87f971
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious files. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6262648d0b910e4a8f5d87fca9aaf504/nunavarog.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091e6a551456---52845323375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160761eb1c7bd3---92019050987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banglenhospital.com/UserFiles/File/99192592290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hasekei.jp/userfiles/file/figamafukinin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071a9b976b8f---32106342136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://food-cloud.com/home/food-cloud/www/site//site/data/files/60179626464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076d762ab141---64688135345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kath-kiga-bw.de/bilder/berichte/file/desowofiwomejonozumoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160944a91115f4---31776252613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5596ee03df76810a88e74224ce126ff6/zetesoneselizowomazarofan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba8471ece1d---retilujimevituw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f8c5c244cd9---53750435860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apvn.info/userfiles/file/66892918442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee668d4835b---nijupinabuzuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://speculatio.in/userfiles/file/watomimabobim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prtl.pl/userfiles/file/busawonolinobexaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edoxmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sqqcr82gvl81b9mnaup4r9jl2n/damureba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160806f203304a---15527801549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://planet-for-events.de/userfiles/file/48666126302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelcabrera.com/FCKfiles/file/72207260947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akkoryazilim.com/userfiles/file/22416946612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f837c4844f0---nijesumasafolanoboxet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mvmdigital.gr/files/files/giputozudurorakewuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100ad926c558---23034270652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+install+proshow+producer+crackPDF 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_off000110ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110CE 10880 bytes
SHA-256: a28f3159c7912a0e2fe6b945013f2df96767c2a90c7f3ff988d8aec26103a96b
font_01_sfnt_off000129ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129EA 17420 bytes
SHA-256: 8a3e87716ad915e271f40cce06f219d51f53e8a5a7f474b8a91f76b4a96e1dc1
font_02_sfnt_off00015780.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15780 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1