Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a64222239b6ba082…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-09-20 22:24:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: f5cc7c6064770223401d4072c5b0b178 SHA-1: c979ed3b9936448ebfc62ed0c34ed3582d49389b SHA-256: a64222239b6ba0823b656a094048533c0d316d261bfe4f8fe5ff378ccb98e3ff
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 https://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=minecraft+duplication+hack+multiplayer PDF link annotation
    • http://papianiarch.it/userfiles/files/79932287063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orangerun.re/photo/files/2373271683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beauti-full.ru/uploads/files/29691490949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tlproduct.com/userfiles/file/jakifivimaberaxeri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614173bbbfc40---7414049499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lingvastar.z-i-g-z-a-g.com/userfiles/files/10173279258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infracsap.hu/files/file/4502205571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e9a05053b6---35914188996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konferencii.org/web/uploads/assets/file/valen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5c7b9a79a20ed1aec15c12c8b99eee7/bamego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pension-chevaux-haras-gabereau.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sivabukikagureretu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tischlerei-schlusche.de/sites/default/files/file/bobevusawaribofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greatnice.club/updatefiles/file/taseda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emannsltd.com/userfiles/38870349842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nk4t3fcoeu045roefn6omdo4ak/39630391479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verduciautodemolizioni.it/userfiles/file/150849063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beldaoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/mozasekav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterina-naslunci.cz/userfiles/file/35095127892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fc3ed3cb21---75627365915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoandtruckrepair.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/lixixotowudutivam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://permanentnimakeup-brno.cz/userfiles/files/delesuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adimhukuk.com/resimler/files/29801602543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobilpetrol.olajpark.hu/files/files/derimapofemikimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61a029968669bf56c51586172060dae1/47032737263.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_off0000e036.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE036 21736 bytes
SHA-256: 701005e10590a4cc60318512c4ace7744aed6e0a61099c15d713b05e0a71cf0c
font_01_sfnt_off0001196a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1196A 11016 bytes
SHA-256: 65be6f79078db5b6208dab6e19b7bb730fc943f1e09fdce33181fa523f9734bb
font_02_sfnt_off000132d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132D9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1