Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a2dccf0f853f385c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.6 KB Created: 2021-08-23 13:28:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 98730abf60811e18cf37433b466fc8a6 SHA-1: 2896820068a80cec87a06092ca34da7add783827 SHA-256: a2dccf0f853f385c33afdd9282eda3a667aa1e55e32fc10f79a677fd199a68fa
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous external links, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or SEO poisoning tactic. The presence of a visual download button further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=age+of+mythology+extended+edition+torrent PDF link annotation
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/092ae537843bc80ed78889d8c9fa8314/30999552815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salsainkonstanz.de/media/files/38949646381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assisdrive.pt/userfiles/file/10939862254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9p4b29dncp2cc6y.net/upload/fckeditor/file/61062753002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://store-connector.com/_upload_bilder/_filemanager/file/81803368194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przedszkolenisko.pl/userfiles/file/95062185728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiichigroup.net/uploads/news_file/kovasekilabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5769930b6a---velomumufinededuzujekoraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161137b1fb3635---pejug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607247625e945---27539942877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyuangang.com/UserFiles/file///geruwipowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c565aaccc43---winarixit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a360b5d177a107a6aec34bc6496d04cb/futepoduludexotavozodinar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyldkj.com/luodan/images/userfiles/file/gupilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zzhqhi.com/d/files/tosebikulivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://landmanenterprises.com/clients/6/66/660ad4be7ac834282af30b44844c6003/File/88651033104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earplighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/719b738c4ee00147b9699e3d6db6e700/54479081418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d0bdb782c49---62457065815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ih4dmetq3plo3jacvajtktdk1/tapabanufawinefot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cafeinca.com/img/public/contenido/file/65554723935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anmoul.com/userfiles/file/85827522062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc05d2a57b---pejebiseveraginonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://htwy.com/upload/file/nuxuduxovirumotunesazeb.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_007_off000113cb.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x113CB 17492 bytes
SHA-256: 61b38a0f1425e170c41c6c2237164d227be380a73805ba83c5b76a5382ff733a
font_00_sfnt_off0000e3b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3B5 10668 bytes
SHA-256: d98432d997ee663e866204fbc1676eaa4eb58eb4cba480f0cfe908a1f3405ebd
font_01_sfnt_off0000fbba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBBA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00012dcd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DCD 17204 bytes
SHA-256: b5297d8b566a2b6bbcff6b0243a33554f0c6d62b84616ab0a5cd2bde1d56fbda