Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 994c6d511ebba1d0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 06:38:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 49d5eace7a64648eb0bdd5ebf4e44496 SHA-1: 56971ae1a865575aabe71de296868a88503a5812 SHA-256: 994c6d511ebba1d08af779c7a1c2ad52a6d16886e79819018ccdacf5d8e07d67
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading further malware. The presence of embedded URLs and the link farm structure suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://aroma-es.red/yamituki-n/uploads/files/fevezurovazigexaronako.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://homespakistan.net/magzine/uploadfiles/file/60209222024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senzedigicraft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0030eac7a614df66ac652315e02b035a/81162269719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fdd6588b4b64896bebb9e18241b19a7d/31927617095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bash.cl/media/file/lozoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnmrobotics.com/files/files/85278073102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herve-coiffure.ci/files/67637342012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharaatlanta.com/sites/default/files/file/pusefowupinuxalima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jr9odmpvu5vfvpbcv42d8ia754/bimijivajibujasokedazaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://revtechnik.cz/userfiles/file/niman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaithompson.com/userfiles/file/nokedidobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac765e78eea---95972571054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sahyadrisevasanstha.in/userfiles/file/zarulajefaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0884d14445---sixadodapikon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u0m26m4rmbq705nrtk1sbq00te/josuwezulogozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenapp.net/file/gejerurozisidibibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etabetasurvey.com/userfiles/files/79856947095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/910607264181a5f08b646739d4ee17e8/zutatin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oncallanatomist.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16236887804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forumhotel.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25299v6dee5fm9ik6tluh2cg57/27147416288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carnavaldemarbella.com/Senegal_5/Content/files/userfiles/file/wituz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avanti-kuhni.ru/upload/files/85084220440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://condicionamentofisico.com/arquivos/file/guputozumutemolipuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098361335b0d---3219699215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=english+exams+for+grade+1+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_off0000cd37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD37 16716 bytes
SHA-256: 395591f362ba70fdea540cd608382842907dfd9a56dd8e9101043cb6a7e33630
font_01_sfnt_off0000f89e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF89E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000110b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110B5 10984 bytes
SHA-256: 2131eb31a09105da643e487773b3da5211807c3e98a5453e7ed9f898cf3aa68f