Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a537cda50786300a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 17:12:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: a30689a4d7bf672b7417d31ecdc8ebaf SHA-1: fa7d801dd4845eea8ff6eaa84342a738b3090a51 SHA-256: a537cda50786300a06d56cc3eb51e1cdf217a9c5486aba059a7a73d9c870defe
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains an image and a clickable action that directs users to external URLs, likely to download further malicious content or phish for credentials. The numerous embedded URLs suggest a link farm designed to distribute the payload or evade detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 2 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 70 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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.
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=skinny+love+guitar+tab+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://svaz-podnikani.cz/files/file/vilaraxowepetinovipoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dondepodemosir.com/userfiles/file/lupaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magooferta.pl/uploads/fck/file/piwajevofodaxuzamafemiluf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmtdental.com/upload/ckimg/files/84996734961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec4a632274a---20682136735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://graffitipaintstudio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc8bdd16a370debd4286bcf566bcdd1c/84872924065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h4gdp23n70b34m2aa1j7sleua4/26978536584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shepardinteriordesign.com/rw/upload/file/95647570951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ned.ru/uploads/files/94910480238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sapsda.com/SapmaUserfiles/file/51636159763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096143969aba---21008982462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5dc2513579e0ecb75bf485f5f21f2ec2/22708691517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607687110097c---kexinaduzexibexubik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1hozain.ru/files/userfiles/files/vetakig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://falconshipping-uae.com/userfiles/files/xikagaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c06083925ec---wefebefajanep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://larrysiegellaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/gapiferixupufam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mawaevents.com/uploads/file/17243424126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfade3040b8---bonezowanarotenotaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609145a640987---81170407361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icbiz.ru/userfiles/file/41985061492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chickenwild.com/upload/contents/images/images/lasijidur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1381d0721f6ebf5867273f2d589d740c/208679759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lhsclassof1971.com/clients/74120/File/wumoga.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_off0000b50b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB50B 11092 bytes
SHA-256: b8ceac3dacd6295c320191dc362ac18a8f2d585cbc8299a041ca8b6d0dca6550
font_01_sfnt_off0000cea3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEA3 14504 bytes
SHA-256: 7d195f8ca651313f9e69f22c1e6638373ce3b7816e15b4d67ae2b360c94f4b27
font_02_sfnt_off0000f2cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2CB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1