Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 942b14741c5017a8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 02:04:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: b97a09556d05d50e7768b807474d0cc2 SHA-1: 7b41f329399823a8ca7b384151ba738b23c3ba74 SHA-256: 942b14741c5017a8bf779c7452a7639641a3747df44457e1f02d8d7829c3b205
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and by an ML classifier with high confidence. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, many of which host other PDF files, suggesting a link farm or distribution network. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9919

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.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9a5039b1b5---74844041069.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4c548e944d---2130868031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abandassociates.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jixilikolizasuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de56e510186---84531946256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thongthien.vn/upload/files/vasezonanedezokage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospital.net/FCKeditor/file/21487230379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1734cb828675a8ced90f205bb3e7e86a/setitinafame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weilandensemble.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87342472067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/67196628246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07b7fc0a8301d9f256759caa4240f43c/93362851205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conelser.hu/fck_uploads/file/29425688049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ochpplc5ea32nj7psdcs0q4e5n/kugemevewomofuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shopcode.ru/uploads/file/matebabofabufiwukaforemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://islandsvefir.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/omej0h0163u7045kc21vismef0/65303588450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recruiters-zone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a07b7f3d5b7---fevitinawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davidfoleyinc.com/userfiles/file/74229251161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capitaleny.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05575b91fa11b173922c3255fa0edb07/18007119219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160813e2aae33a---bakagorejirunananufudinet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vntdc.com/upload/fck/file/tijusamaporelerogikifeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ea09668a9a---68176967276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yizhu580.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7367787451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f80ad7dc3d8---92069421945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://instalacje-elektryczne.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/robilalapabewuwuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghettaetamionarchitetti.it/userfiles/files/90358541909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infunplastic.com/d/files/vureropenateron.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aihr-iadh.org/uploads/FCK_files/file/kutawuleg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=apk+mod+forge+of+empiresPDF 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_off0000e4ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4AE 19308 bytes
SHA-256: 0f59a81d009cc7bfa41ef431d7de41d2efeaeff690c3f1dad07de788fb2fd3d0
font_01_sfnt_off00011745.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11745 10504 bytes
SHA-256: 77afc10a526094edb7413360481012499955dbac1e0b63f6c6a48e684c4c4968
font_02_sfnt_off00012ef6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EF6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1