Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 943043db68f411b3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.3 KB Created: 2021-09-12 15:31:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: cdd9d2c6ef5b1c95f9efe6d66b8cbb59 SHA-1: a32621a11417c5ebc3342543a148612af2847c7f SHA-256: 943043db68f411b3dfde8bdd59d31888c9eed3796ef22a5bdb2eba2f6f6ff65d
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm hosted on disposable domains, designed to trick users into downloading a file, as indicated by the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure point towards a spearphishing attachment attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://avstralianature.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39286215350.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sportyou.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36226725992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hiroyoung.com/data/files/21157552698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-daily.jp/app/webroot/contents_img/files/zuzepazujumor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vencedor.coop/images/admin/file/nidavozepivikiretogur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tizianaiberti.it/userfiles/files/58462662744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://willmarareachamber.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/devomuxuluwoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safedoorsystems.com/cmsimages/file/8288110528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130b03a52dc5---zotafamokefogez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tyko.pl/userfiles/file/juxatujizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6b70fbe59977643a329b0447376425b/65085360222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://revistaspontan.ro/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/35664924181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139f0a9f29a8---litabinij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fyna.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rudikuginegasilabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc-0411.com/userfiles/file/20210906083535_f551ly.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c74b8d4915965db3f843c8e0ff37d91/53013463945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaie.org/userfiles/file/20210909062226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biznesfishki.ru/files/userfiles/files/56212585770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konberdbio.com/upload/files/sasagufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcc355edbb62a673272c82867e02139e/sexiwemopusononikano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.meditech.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2497501608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klinok-saintp.ru/files/lerinawanegozaxakarumolig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aymexco.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lanapudafebinejobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikailang.com/userfiles/file/20210912112154_531958629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qiangka.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xutiwevosenukapeduko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=download+ufo+vpn+basic+premium+apkPDF 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_off0000bba6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBBA6 17472 bytes
SHA-256: 9c1c6f66033366b9fe7dbb42ba5ce15dc1a9f101db8e651abdee9aa5da8200c8
font_01_sfnt_off0000e96b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE96B 11168 bytes
SHA-256: 9cbf1fc18c8946a2ca3026e7223d87bffef62afc5800772ea9aba5dc630e6fa0
font_02_sfnt_off0001035a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1035A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1