Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 935dcc9798ddb9c5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

103.1 KB Created: 2021-08-16 15:46:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: 15d04f2e87d734e0ce154b97281dd65d SHA-1: 1b553e8c13a5158d179f9e165885f57bc1c30cd4 SHA-256: 935dcc9798ddb9c5a36180f82cae0cb0f6f0fe832c52615b01b0a770847c1220
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to host or redirect to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern, likely aiming to trick users into downloading a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=minecraft+education+edition+fortnite+skins PDF link annotation
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160792c0ccc70b---91767536229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasaitogo.com/uploads/files/90356738868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westmoorclassof1965.com/clients/5/52/52ec68f2b927accf75267cb07bfcc891/File/silebupope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db8moq34mt1rta97hcqvu5j1h0/2205320961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160759201e194b---36313427943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.theknowledgeonline.com/files/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77852794686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fc37e2763b7---vipunifumikuguxiwofidovit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n-v-v.dk/userfiles/file/29619074474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://west-holding.com/userfiles/file/ketasefarokepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seamacros.com/upload/file/xajawejamurawegipike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://facades-et-traditions.com/actualites/file/jomeraxanabulodajirivuzum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4152386344---pumupulajepadojebuxunesuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samngaimarble.com/html_upload/file/wawubimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphasigmaoverseas.com/userfiles/file/730593471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dgn2t6rhsqfuo04f7dmpbki6r7/logipuromajajukenidogola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/850e6fd84bdce8cd9e547b07f8e52b7c/wugorolulanutuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annassteen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97013007457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c8c0c5e5971277abb282561d0a01f80/ramavobotibepin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucarrorentacar.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28654773825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4fn836i67vlmksl0vd3ft6hfd/xerujupowobesokofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161006ac483464---xezedoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092e1b57db44---pumefokusokigepizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinafunnels.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ov47ra3sqpsi3cght2irjf1q46/jokedejebuvaxepofaluwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/546b6c8c19dfd6bb8aee65bd372ebb7d/xokebamaxebiketugivenubet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00012eb1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EB1 10608 bytes
SHA-256: ccde03d358e0aca1b8aee1753a805a9806cf02a166d27ae5c1ee73b014395e36
font_01_sfnt_off0001471c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1471C 17508 bytes
SHA-256: d22c2e5ec1d706962a04d884a965326dd8f42776b9820ba38883a9f417bc9f87
font_02_sfnt_off00017549.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17549 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1