Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 91e33979a70e77e7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-07-06 16:55:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 43cbfb1938f1a003c2b7d44ad4c129ed SHA-1: 86b1d8033f844d8efb007795429b814576713956 SHA-256: 91e33979a70e77e78180b47f39b826377574b3b5563850682203f460b8e2738c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection 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 0.9947

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://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092c3af4731b---dutiliwoxuwexidesik.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://foundryindia.org/userfiles/file/mesivopuzav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coral-travel66.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xulawiduvevej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b0e4a2ad45---53764224195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f4416c4766541cbb97a231aca7ac51b/susivefuxuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seanmore.com/userData/board/file/memubikakijek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://banderlogclub.ru/Files/file/45933026139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pnh1p0d4euikc8s7ppdbgfv0l3/25414692110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trendymamy.pl/userfiles/file/50428919205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sasalidayanisma.org/uploads/file/35181142449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3090751042---3617560861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d67698bc3919a92b42521ef4d12f8eb/50044533670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioingegneriavaragnolo.com/userfiles/files/89227396639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b68fc94bdb2---93141412851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://instandee.com/Images_upload/files/97201467595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dataction.org/demo/dataction/media/39150888889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87537d7e81850187329e3a8313303b55/34492474677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busanpc1.com/upload/fckeditor/file/duniwedifisubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.apsetedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cf96c934c1---zonadokafaweranomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentherapia.hu/files/file/wopumijuzegogajowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bcbc3399.com/upload/files/buvamurezisewotusafami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parc-hotel.info/file/25835292201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkortaxiservice.com/userfiles/file/29888887358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081e36900f41---nekukagomazokokanemipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9162ba0b8e---burawovex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=the+mousetrap+and+other+plays+pdfPDF 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_off0000eb8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB8A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001039c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1039C 17168 bytes
SHA-256: 3994d888682a76ebdd11f18d861251b787b79ee6480963a0fb2e960cdc05c320
font_02_sfnt_off00013043.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13043 10848 bytes
SHA-256: 5e4e07f8ddd38df0d4e3c7e3a005bcc06b8d62fdc40a773e79278f4a19d2d398