Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 901348caa55ac00b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-07-13 23:01:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 66e6c7b14842ccf0d14a84e0f499523e SHA-1: 246f9cc0d40f9e4d2645c94174286c93bf3dc935 SHA-256: 901348caa55ac00b014d86a6e5e6103a7bd1500a4bf9a573cebc1556c00e0d8d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, some hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of a visual download button further supports a phishing or malicious download lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://beiks.info/public/file/3213272696.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/15276869296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607940ee446ba---70438359625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pkol7npoaqfftj8951na405del/36572122013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b382bee696---77234250337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhs1980alumni.com/clients/878257/File/bijesejitiwuzezubuwoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084ec57a48e8---51038445457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5301ce82b59527f089d446ff99faec2/2808022531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kitapkapla.com/upload/ckfinder/files/jiwutedenetija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e4e97e5452---50396631309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gjse08efve76p8dhaftbfkj7sg/jijelodikuwebasotaguro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-lightingcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18f6989162ff86aad3dc1d6e6a13c70c/moguzejef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.training/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/81351292887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://global-product.org/CKEdit/upload/files/piwikosijetawaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://casabresciani.it/uploads/file/73507399605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607750c9268d7---pupadusuvifewab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eko-inwest.eu/upload/file/11575170084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84e77e1e6bea57e8e9608106cf104e6c/93022606463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allprintusa.com/admin/images/file/vewuwonakivisij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quaretti.it/userfiles/files/20070134157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093d5151ee67---80655918934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.khaosanpools.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37090581626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hytechplus.com/userfiles/file/fenovidijosanuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-hematologica.com/users//file/19425912496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=thappad+full+movie+downloadPDF 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_off0000f67d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF67D 16912 bytes
SHA-256: 0b057b02831958a143f330c9d5f52aac5089adafb0c8e8b41561857a65d3e461
font_01_sfnt_off0001227c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1227C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013a93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A93 10612 bytes
SHA-256: 273f94006a434f64ebc333a69c77774f300252add63a2f84d672269a0669b15a