Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a332d93ef0df8699…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.9 KB Created: 2021-06-18 03:54:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: 3f57390bd6cd4fbfebb374c6dd278b19 SHA-1: b80c0ed60311e2fc4a473e45056e201228b67341 SHA-256: a332d93ef0df86991982c9ea21123a32dbd0e501f0f0bc640e3241471aafa082
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to download files from compromised WordPress sites. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports the phishing and malware distribution objective.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607edb505f67f---gurigufamupeb.pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608758dac788e---resitegevidupoxivojura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d00bc40450---29040691017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cm6sp8kljnqhj8a1vt382cnnt/nexow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://useoneconvo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ab47ba4cfa13e3d029e0b5ce68bf1e5/77633493586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mawaevents.com/uploads/file/mewopesisomatag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00204a77324fd02bdaa0dedb3051d867/nabidugominuwisimuxer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/lezuwosapigaxes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yournamebadges.com/withyourdog/cms_uploads/file/14473992469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078698a1296b---58770130923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szpital-sulecin.pl/images/fckfiles/file/46858293971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pdsv8g1hdukp9iac4cu49eutjc/juporotazugeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dbcd705fbf---617705817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ad7vnbsij2fk4gk04aq5aats0/32709242561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiquim.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17162404623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przychodnia-felinskiego.pl/uploads/editor/file/xetixupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=age+of+empires+the+conquerors+onlinePDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00012197.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12197 5336 bytes
SHA-256: 1e77cb29e1c76b4150870ac83f6a7e6896b5ccba65b262a4c664ba1d4262e790
font_01_sfnt_off000133a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133A4 13784 bytes
SHA-256: 93d7ff0beb9f7d87de380c067ceca0ef834cc3769d2013b4d8138a49e649c347