Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 902d2db34b3da854…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.1 KB Created: 2021-07-04 19:34:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 1bd69a9ecd1d6ee4547cef141ccbda67 SHA-1: 382fb54509a78d199b7db9f31533bb54a2e59f1a SHA-256: 902d2db34b3da854c1e465de1c93bcea72e6d70bfc28ec9d81d210c81fc55879
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and an ML classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. The document contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to host or redirect to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://szabobuszrendeles.hu/files/files/labalemuronab.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.escon.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec34f4c17fe4394fd382c159642585fb/limapapokavegoxamabexatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160813170e0024---janexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096797c1994f---dokalizupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9362638d46---bejinejamoxudemopunikime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caycanhtuyhien.com/uploads/image/files/fifegupasumipivexora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wagnerpc.com/userfiles/files/figifuvitobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adveotec.com/img/file/fowopalotipapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fwullong.com/upfiles/editor/files/denijemowopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a81ea5d23d1---77998392232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traicaygiasi.com/Images_upload/files/85532491528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6053d389ad---59318916187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vce34.ru/attachments/file/mepupofedavuwafipetobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sendedianqi.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-3/20210703112804184607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160882196efd72---xereweropitafidalumasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bea7ce9cd32---97633962853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcb4cd67232---72318822192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91317b5ef970b352e1fb37dc46b558df/26033157940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://besttailor.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pajemutudexuvosufebavozil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroisvias.ru/userfiles/file/51062559734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dreiseengrundschule.de/files/78495475932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sns.hu/_user/file/zifunigupaviba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b369482f209---xusilegeboxusewaxetep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb0fcfb494e131a721df5478abb71a4f/gukuxepega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seventyfirstclassof69.com/clients/60772/File/kogitewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e520e7084f1baa9447be0832064c30a8/71114973750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=driving+licence+exam+book+in+gujaratiPDF 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_off00010095.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10095 11036 bytes
SHA-256: cbe2b4942db26e249c6951d162334e0c428973995e2e238e0b958b72368f2117
font_01_sfnt_off00011a49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A49 17908 bytes
SHA-256: 92bd5b094c1adfe26f409b8b82796f063e6a382762a589f1221cfeeb44468006
font_02_sfnt_off0001491d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1491D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1