Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a3f4648bf4e95221…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-09-09 00:32:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 244d8205c50308eb67f19adf84c05e39 SHA-1: 24d7f20c8753536c968538c0304052f5d09eb440 SHA-256: a3f4648bf4e952210dd1e5f9398d71e68fbaf379c23e53833120ec90c4cfcdd8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a PDF link farm. It contains numerous URLs, some pointing to compromised CMS upload storage, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' lure and the overall structure indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

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://www.premiumtrade.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48093732398.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tcsklife.com/filespath/files/20210908090833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ucinnovation.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65236324420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legyenegyjonapod.hu/userfiles/files/56822027519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoavily.com/uploads/files/74420457976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://udmvdpo.ru/images/files/73931818034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafmoni2biho.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nelofimajuwevipok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sistarelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/fezupugifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135b6e2047dc---newutelilikigojodujod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio2bet.net/contents/files/29451665812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.havanasalsa-dance-tours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00e3d02775603eaff4144841d5180d8d/baxewimejora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serbanindustrialconstruct.ro/uploads/files/46636443415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161372a21f20f0---40160463101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--dlek-5qa.com/admin/UserFiles/file/44919934639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ncteonline.com/userfiles/file/24638691549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istruttorecinofilo.it/userfiles/file/99419614357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langfordfinancialservices.com/userfiles/files/99597580279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fjzy18.com/image/uload/files/10103581666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fishhabitatnetwork.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bekexejotenirujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isemya.by/modules/ariol/static/ariol/ckfinder/files/50346733993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanleyresources.com/images/97462308879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://textosl.com/upload/editor/file/45109222169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohort.com/userfiles/files/26416882208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinyoungvalve.com/userData/board/file/34521609453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137ecb0e3aff---33961769427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://presssimayeshahr.ir/pic/file/navesikejap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=internet+download+manager+apk+for+pcPDF 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_off0000e38b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE38B 18672 bytes
SHA-256: 7f378978f8720d4d3f3216ed395030db02cf4f8674a1d609ad9d0f0d1319e892
font_01_sfnt_off00011419.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11419 10832 bytes
SHA-256: d66842ff8a122e73a99b0c2618e7c223c76914b069f1e0a7b692e568ee939a46
font_02_sfnt_off00012cfc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CFC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1