Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a00dc5417ede2831…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-08-22 01:00:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: c97c0397b71a5f724b3b1057d604e7e2 SHA-1: 09fc1b7fec74f38476724ff96c5f158ddbf3f7bf SHA-256: a00dc5417ede28312e461ec6fb31711b94a94162c02c790f89946fe87d78b348
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics indicate the document instructs users to disable security software, a common tactic in phishing and malware delivery. The presence of numerous links to potentially compromised CMS upload directories suggests a link farm designed to host or redirect to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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
  • Security software disable instruction high SE_SECURITY_BYPASS
    Document instructs the user to disable antivirus or security software — unusual for ordinary documents and high-risk in an unsolicited file
  • 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://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3ce2f72041---96753844797.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcb12d8ccc4---82206953148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gursakaryahukuk.com/images/file/76443770705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massvt.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/81223719214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divinesacredshakti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e09f6a32b553afeb58faaa2398adba5/dusufifevugejuxanimex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariomariani.it/userfiles/files/mutenobenuxazavoxuveruzeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/34967063909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uitetenindex.nl/images/uploads/lejolivitewasodesazawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dbexpertise.fr/catalogue_dynamique/file/narebakobezowexur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ardechetendancebrut.fr/userfiles/ardechetendancebrut.fr/file/tulisatukutifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/56858539492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ff35107778bd7df46ae61ea6af69ffe/magobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4b65b16ffa---6994954984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosedreamholidayhomes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27971247459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robalton.es/Albums/images/file///28218675299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6965a960b8---29321327096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7lcsvufubnolud52si8u6a36p0/nijawufofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pbsdeltarho50events.org/clients/d/dc/dc3fcb918f61c9276c5829b035df2abc/File/pajafiginoxoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penzionnakrizankach.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63206076076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serdceprirody.ru/userfiles/file/49581854123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eatatrudy.com/uploads/files/9170244539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67744acf5c19345f6eec9056013aabff/7396034766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assushop.com/userfiles/assushop.com/file/webunaveraxipubom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emailposte.com/pictures/1643994037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=adjprog+epson+l380+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000e533.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE533 17592 bytes
SHA-256: 7306870459f2f9e74c23566097d7d0dda8cfb7553ca2e0b4f8fd78db36bc5413
font_01_sfnt_off00011329.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11329 11180 bytes
SHA-256: 753a56b84b0bf4a8bdd84f75110d627bab99e7b925dca36a3f5c0c97032f4e71
font_02_sfnt_off00012d57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D57 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1