Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a673e3b982f01bc3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-08-11 02:14:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 86f2c21bb1f2082a4c43dd5858c0cf70 SHA-1: a8e455a0881c2c0fb1492465df7aee59da9ec24b SHA-256: a673e3b982f01bc31f50107247103a9e0217434333997650f729bc3cb77d5c72
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, some of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://communeouchamps.fr/userfiles/file/44339067942.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05kecn1e68f3enl9khsrmrnjcc/42085120365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biogreeno.com/cms/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28716051199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finpacecuador.com/userfiles/file/fusamofiloleda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romengo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kufenizibejenadatifemota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fratellilongoni.com/userfiles/files/vaxaxikixolatozuzop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://letsbelegal.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/42777592832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8353368afe---dobore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukiernia.eu/upload/files/fapesonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iccj.jp/images/uploads/fckeditor/file/moneseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3dd3059195---voxuxodiribunadegaluf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinhsuasolieu.com/media/files/kujalobajulevakebux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077e1bd28ddf---vepufivun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dpengineers.info/admin/userfiles/file/supin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f27szerviz.hu/upload/files/tetexajil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608757fe06ba5---saveb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maidnheaven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ecb461f85c---wabigemeveloxowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gw21.ch/uploads/userfiles/file/27487037359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saopauloairporttransfers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87026208846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weifong.tw/fckimages/file/90842628230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/patfr266f7ivr9tsdo7nmf88i9/11278638436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rgn2u.com/userfiles/files/bovobizewajejizija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ethiquedevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd38ce85a55d6bdc68c68c620abf520d/51144103225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=gta+san+andreas+free+download+full+version+highly+compressed+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_off0000eeec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEEC 11472 bytes
SHA-256: 5e91afb342a0b3d79b16191a1b8ec9c3d8da88fc643afef5672061bd0e5971ab
font_01_sfnt_off000109c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109C1 16816 bytes
SHA-256: a47ecca39a19568c2e0363b87cc125e60c962404aaceefe19b7dafd49ac9aab0
font_02_sfnt_off0001358e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1358E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1