Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a3c5b6870d732f15…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.5 KB Created: 2021-09-05 17:06:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 4e0e58ef18e05f353fa87225bc3f343a SHA-1: 85d2f37b854bdb3970f95082ec3df892419f176d SHA-256: a3c5b6870d732f15cf9cdf6fdc9b38231a15fa4579b1d5dccb29221d81909675
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, some of which appear to be compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting it's designed to host and distribute further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 http://eyela.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/99670571769.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pressvaluation.net/userfiles/file/92667102969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strandedtattoo.net/file/gometegoritekovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbk0qe5gs57e6enm7b4hed84ed/7784408860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2c51683c567522b82554ac3da6c57fb/makupirosaxamij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2f8rq83j2cr2fuacm4udtsrkm/sapag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clickkedai.com/userfiles/file/2111800210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://led7.ru/file/89675890937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldurra.ly/images-editeur/img/file/31558594207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nosolodespedidas.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8cf601c980---somimutoxawegoranoder.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082303183955---3997447257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abf0f5b607d74e4e96f6fd7b6360635a/41085972720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olterus.info/contents/files/75722274223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingalbertltd.com/uploadedfiles/file/42572665266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sterenstein.ru/userfiles/file/4635168842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d8f5be20942779e3fc7e01e32392a21/pibowetul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e1ee793585d---vazafadejexokotujixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f166957652---bipofakivasejol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etre-belle.su/images/file/16245763417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geose.ru/userfiles/file/pusab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kd-council.com/upfile/files/girinap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richardarnoldalumni.com/clients/a/ad/ad1dcfa6f69ac51e3fe6bec18f6cf6d6/File/fesamimigidadawukuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohost.ru/pics/images/file/43149054498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=label+compound+microscope+worksheetPDF 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_off0000d21b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD21B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea32.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA32 11152 bytes
SHA-256: f4a416939a8ee88becb394d47f5153bab10850bb07307153edfd2b2c3a4f98e1
font_02_sfnt_off000103de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103DE 17060 bytes
SHA-256: ef2f97a44b9d7c154c6a465ec8b471e85afd32b8efdcec786a2373c464e00905