Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9148465add4a368e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-07-31 04:56:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 6784c1d75d5be758da0732edb0773468 SHA-1: 9784e741507b5719f91dce695124ede3412890bf SHA-256: 9148465add4a368ebedf5036fc7d0a6ac59839d0a255da9ab07ff219fe2fb5f8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links to compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users. The presence of a visual download button further supports a social engineering lure to trick users into downloading a payload.

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://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086e7d52561a---35835947698.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://indago-rovigo.it/userfiles/files/wagixamibipijarafamugav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cc843f0f10---jesasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rovpnpvrni5g6du5gpknd1ngg8/4149713383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1877painters.com/FCKeditor/file/40197470239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weighlessthisyear.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xalixuxofavebalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentistturkey.com/image/files/runamudesiziluzakadix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rybczewice.pl/userfiles/file/76975603479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f900a730789b04f2428689f50f08ce64/95359651506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://france-ex.com/images/blog//file/felafarawewolibat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cd0f87d66b---bazupetasijarodozareti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49rc2e1u7buiuo45ebi1qlh5k7/29524413676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078bea7e5084---87636252834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artecgroupservices.com/imagenes/file/bonevojafono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southtours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pseqga37r4c2t6f4qe46laie0l/46419902212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7pm8qsg82rd5mufb3lt0jkqk33/manawopenulefajiwes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuicrew.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-6/20210606183717746564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c8f31a4713---pukej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kic2ovdleqn876v0nps3l5dol6/zuvizererale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foto-video.ch/userfiles/files/42088344209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6a4e3edc90---39411712107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukiernia-waltar.pl/qcms/userfiles/file/mazodomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jobtiara.com/files/files/wulubipesajogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7fdb4bbeb9---lerijeruwebivatanutiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=subway+surfers+world+tour+london+free+download+for+pcPDF 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_off0000eea8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEA8 17220 bytes
SHA-256: f190bba4170fe9b51e27fdc2c8183f22c14ee58d50ce19941dd8b40934386661
font_01_sfnt_off00011b9f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B9F 11036 bytes
SHA-256: 545e506ad9d43de174e2eb00c96e2aa88d8ed1bcef9b30710ad8ea032c810463
font_02_sfnt_off00013558.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13558 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1