Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 84fcf4d6f4c28466…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-22 09:28:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: b766ed77416b88830a0bf7e6cff5529b SHA-1: 1df14adae889a5f4ea52d0523fc5ec957a388738 SHA-256: 84fcf4d6f4c2846645c2980d431c5ddd1f775e35d92d97f2b5182e9692ff7977
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains multiple links to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised websites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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 http://henskeschildersbedrijf.nl/upload/89039077655.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sartoriaventurini.com/userfiles/files/xewimudofum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stphilomenaonline.org/userfiles/file/benedebumevelam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nilesk.com/userfiles/file/gorivokapunuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edinburghpools.com/contents/files/nubiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paroissedementon.fr/upload/files/joxaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khiconghoixuancong.com/Khicong/admin/userfiles/file/bosoxada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grgct.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sopidaseroni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nedvizhimost-v-sharm-el-sheikhe.ru/uploads/files/vikidavajironamido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://editora-arara-azul.com.br/site/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45665796921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geteffective.biz/uploadfiles/file/51592086876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bafiti.com/sklep/userfiles/file/dinakajupekat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yameitecl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210904_031048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/606a1878524ec11395bc60f91cdd9349/gumegujotutinunowij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valentine.tutaylamhet.com/storage/ckfinder/files/gixusuxumomapazibogoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wuyioutdoor.com/userfiles/file/253387254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f73fbee7e391f04402beb48acb4063f/90766372387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaifilmind.com/UserFiles/file/lojawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--42-jlclgg6a3e.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/48597251005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanahana.vn/media/ftp/file/bonepumuvavulowololes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haithuanphat.com/uploads/files/24801718752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614473942993d---futafawoguvexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zjbfjt.com/upload/files/34887855194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ebal.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/kuxojonigovas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katachizu.com/img/news/files/55713606495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viral-list-machine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/32883569133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=green+farm+1+mod+apkPDF 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_off0000dc0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC0B 17468 bytes
SHA-256: 2bf5f3dbd58a3c5093d800e94a7f3b5a0793972efc4b081199373b5390014494
font_01_sfnt_off000109a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109A1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000121b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121B8 10440 bytes
SHA-256: ac8c60ab9f4b159049c0e018563ce8f90ffbad2a0b84f73fca35a7c2833c3470