Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a3af25fcdd837375…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-09-20 20:57:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: cf98f38f3e96e9662ae5f3533849ba39 SHA-1: e34a3bbc3409ec874cac71582452265163f5d142 SHA-256: a3af25fcdd837375a666c7f309a83d5dc0082ab434e5e3017914b79d45c6fb9b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites, some of which are hosted on WordPress upload storage. The presence of a visual download button lure further supports a phishing or social engineering attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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=gta+4+download+apk+obb PDF link annotation
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7msjom9d0rfphkuqoe6f67ret2/78995673355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161420d5232e3e---73867267770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventilatoryzlin.cz/images/file/jimase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----ftbkdcamitb5h.xn--p1acf/files/fck/file/39952637063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137f3916ab15---60394367701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://condicionamentofisico.com/arquivos/file/5145175193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133faf078862---38585901157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szhlfz.net/upload/xavagalalor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulfcans.com/home/madarmun/public_html/gulfcans/images/bulk_images/files/wagipejaxigegefisidov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143de9e570f5---85222436613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://facyt.com.ar/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mofazadibivojivunanupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lsiifsinf75av9qfb4k0mmqpdo/48123914564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mondoacquapiscine.com/userfiles/files/nudefukuseresajawez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pessin-location.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kefilusolibaxasoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpotplace.com/uploads/files/savegalinad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161467c75921ae---16868146222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sudicobank.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zirapidozajabifusodosilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mudraconsultancy.com/uploads/files/44224710981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szjwwj.com/userfiles/file///xejinutigizefisazor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://around-sicily.net/userfiles/file/wanuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.highlandmetals.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130b1287f7d7---lonuzuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613061b88c851---siweputukuduwofujetizezek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uptindia.com/newsimages/file///63840414772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stressmanagement-karriere.de/userfiles/file/91665735759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://knx-shop.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xizezatiwigebotoxam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aep-tc.com/cache/fck_files/file/30746481432.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_off0000e82f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE82F 10328 bytes
SHA-256: 9fe761222e86102a845564f5c0e900f41cef803531a08ec60920abede009c6c0
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF6E 17784 bytes
SHA-256: 4bdacc1ab5a3571fc1eda2157518d9b6cd16a91cc4f8ac448fbd34e43c9faa1d
font_02_sfnt_off00012d6f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D6F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1