Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a061e905ab13a0f6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.0 KB Created: 2021-09-10 23:12:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: e329dc225cc923d379c8b929c2ee02dd SHA-1: 1a96555a8d81f04f35266519bf2688c058243687 SHA-256: a061e905ab13a0f6d2069571526beb1e3f3dc5a2004cc2246f81f004eef3c859
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains multiple external links, some pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and others forming a link farm on disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9897

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=update+tv+box+firmware PDF link annotation
    • http://mastervin.ru/files/file/vosagalitozoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soft-pro.hr/upload/datoteke/30435154892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://31kouqiang.com/userfiles/file/1631208097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134d7ba6eca5---62492222931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://silesiacapital.eu/data/file/resuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ceea231bf597484392f2f12754a2374/bevanawisexitodawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigbulkbags.ahmadpackages.com/survey/userfiles/files/xaxele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://music-summer-courses.eu/upload/files/93526814800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613677e0c10fe---26354863036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fix2go.info/userfiles/file/6173864476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b69f62aab3---53223712147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adacu.org/userfiles/file/20210910085320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forepic.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/bumejujoxevekewaxev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135aad28b490---52166379920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adice-area.com/pictures/files/vatef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jakspravnenapsa.cz/userfiles/file/satenexodejeraposinulibew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ysh.my/userfiles/file/muzosinok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kqcme.yiaiwang.com.cn/upload/files/1052813415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smartmedia.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/57827302928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161315ef79e1f4---sunabifov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fangjin.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83730854765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medtravel.lv/images/hand_uploaded/files/19444697224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bm-shower.com/userfiles/files/saxatejodijiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alharithiforcameras.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fozinekasapukovowul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161313b0a86104---virarejolagexubiwifunoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akoseq9f.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/82766950321.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_off00010c4e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C4E 10740 bytes
SHA-256: 3862b222e6f2ebd311cce13f1adbb2f03b0abe8a70366cf851affb57a4cf6555
font_01_sfnt_off000124e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124E1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013cf3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13CF3 19124 bytes
SHA-256: a1857124d4f3f2d60823d23b6cfe32c17261e5b0c70e21b66c1060f02c21586d