Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a418db34933d655c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.3 KB Created: 2021-08-09 05:43:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: a4f86c7ac8cdad995351f4fd624e4ab2 SHA-1: 4ba5264054c2e91469c017d62c6cd5c0ef26871e SHA-256: a418db34933d655cbb5bafb7744e7206afb101a0bdbb734fa0f57dd388ae449c
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 contains numerous links to compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a lure to download further payloads. The presence of a visual download button further supports this phishing-like attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d86c7ed6b8d---lowamuwegizopulujovu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mellorymotors.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dimovopapitibobikeweva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088560392237---jafatov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://100tmt.com/uploadimage/files/20210620121055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075d12f09fb5---62269336024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://masonhn.com/d/files/wojifafebipuxudizix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160803128a1f17---gavafuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf0684be035---darijumoboketadufipakuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b93f9493d1b---65444631077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089eb1b42c26---pulovomowusenazaxaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giprozdraw.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tikebivujewelopem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0aa45ee2790fc35b4ac823073726f87/wigagexaxotopofogoxap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melly-incendie.fr/img_db/labawokozepuzisuruguburu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtecommerce.it/public/news/file/64458439839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i7nlmii67bqpsts534o8as4bb5/juzikudidipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bulk-supplies.com/userfiles/file/xokimolawarozudibija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dccd3669aae---latofobazepagivuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fullcolorspandoeken.nl/userfiles/file/1713989714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073dbae22626---71015569021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161031a8843e5a---kogefawegukabaruget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8245uof32ovidfbg8aron67thd/9798021611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608417f2278ad---75240428073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mlight.cz/archiv/file/mixefedalimerikepon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rowtheerne.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2a9aa2ccd6e0793659c28a392f573ad/worowurujoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=the+cosmic+perspective+pdf+download+freePDF 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_off00010843.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10843 11000 bytes
SHA-256: 67901b8266ab1a839e7fce2ac797e4ffcbb92244d11ffe86e827de6ff61bf1cc
font_01_sfnt_off000121b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121B1 17396 bytes
SHA-256: 32328cac7bff5dd791d8027bf3539d802a7c503459fe7112390a984eaf06257b
font_02_sfnt_off00014f2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14F2A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1