Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8729486bf9b7debf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-21 12:14:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 86c233dc943567a02c5cb6111cc03b06 SHA-1: 417d001b0e36d4a5cddb1c58f2d78b25fef9478d SHA-256: 8729486bf9b7debfce4fd5a5fc1b1dd942cde385e7ce0af29b15d173652b8c98
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. The document contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+gun+games+for+iphone PDF link annotation
    • http://unite-chem.cn/upload/files/71745555109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skybuildinfraprojects.com/uploads/jixugezep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zhavezbozi.cz/data/file/60167757665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hansungidschool.com/userfiles/file/51686684968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614308502a187---48716909908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://media-production.net/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66588448961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getampedmag.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kopujejimilifewadoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81e45379be3441031bf64cae53b1a576/68026680985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16149399010333---49662477158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melvin.cz/data/fenijaxegabujekulanefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hnfhdc.com/UpLoadFile/2021090822574218997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enslev-anlaegsservice.dk/userfiles/file/59419768460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://australiancaravancentre.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65155879605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioferrato.it/userfiles/files/66033569929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botaierpharm.com/upload/files/lerokib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adikkeempat.com/contents/files/51478521543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tlkingatlan.hu/kepek/other/file/lolenibubusev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kidneystonetreatment.in/userfiles/files/93494239014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d96d25ff82a4131c165de7df84d9bf8e/winilinonawawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midesignvn.com/uploads/files/53845891235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161469d81c05f3---nubadobekevudoxitaduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k31szmq42-nu28.com/contents/files/87447936241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mlspoland.co/files/file/nonegalaveroxesasede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://9262895.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39057090894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twinscooking.nl/twins/userfiles/file/56603725726.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_off0000dc68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC68 10912 bytes
SHA-256: 9031329c1fff580b668f9f84dd5240357a4b6a50984c677a20f84999589d5268
font_01_sfnt_off0000f57e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF57E 18196 bytes
SHA-256: 9c54395e122dc4e5d13cb261fb7bb9b7fb03c898bd41bbc6608e5d7fa47da83f
font_02_sfnt_off000124b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124B4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1