Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 929a40420a6b551f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 07:45:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: a972b9198b66b29e2c65557c4c0be4af SHA-1: 5a53174e808269ff7519847832f279069eaec87a SHA-256: 929a40420a6b551f2780e793c8c7f6e8f52417236f65ee0f31609919dd52a025
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading malware disguised as legitimate content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports this phishing-like lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1e2c264031---99591267071.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://stacjaregeneracja.pl/userfiles/file/37980095924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0f3ea9258d2bdca09d97af5bff92c6e/demufijasikiworapad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elstar.ru/uploads/files/romimabomasovuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://babamoleskine.com/files/file/fulawulotakoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monteconsultants.com/image/upload/File/10598436412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easytravel63.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kitebixazewerolozuromo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biogenetixpharma.com/ci/userfiles/files/98744261404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/al514pc2857nvebp2q1v58ofa7/92569697915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goldenlantern.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610ae2497757f---kesavudowax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alde-pace.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gidasulipuxezatuturuxava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8b6d64be60---36156358550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a02a24dd17c---4698367552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d81631258a361ee6266ce154aa075ca/32874523550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab71de2b609---10233433512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parvazyab.net/basefile/api203/files/33547134322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almoheetmanpower.com/public_html/userfiles/file/76372632184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medbillings.us/lightspeedweb1/file/juvobivedisiviwulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://info-jimukyoku.jp/lot/upload/files/wabowokekexaviwufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100cf414907f---zukejadisirenovudusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e1aaafipco3bk8gra3b.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/file/pepiboloduwupilazega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.juniorcollege.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fenozowezeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/263q533k9gnqfhtat23tprfpvs/41702215939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=werewolf+the+apocalypse+1st+edition+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_off00010216.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10216 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011a28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A28 16208 bytes
SHA-256: 88894ef06e08f6ad7e194ad635a16681c9b085c3f5c96751da0a3472e1d1ae8d
font_02_sfnt_off0001441e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1441E 10964 bytes
SHA-256: 13b6b8adc9c8c1b8f9c555b86c8e1391df6e204a9b2cbca807b609a23e2d4ef3