Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a685c9f97d18e2bd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-06-28 08:02:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 9cb6864a55547ca9a248f534c2db2af2 SHA-1: cb34371a9a598378e57cd9a79cf59436068a5d3b SHA-256: a685c9f97d18e2bd74657ff15e0e282cf88eab176022a399c5aa25c3ba9fecba
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating malicious intent, including a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest this is a phishing or trojan PDF. The embedded URLs likely serve as lures to download further malicious content.

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=turn+off+chrome+blocking+downloads
    • http://tktravel.shop/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210610_CAAC225993BD21D9.pdf
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c7ce898147---modumeluvew.pdf
    • https://www.nexidia.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/511dd180962648c460d4c55bcb7644fb/fupemode.pdf
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fff3d9848059541a03dbc2514b2b1324/wadowa.pdf
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fff129f943---83114480042.pdf
    • http://xn--12cmi2byac9cdhd0hra6d7bxkwbgj1gch.com/user_img/files/fowedetu.pdf
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80vevcs8e2ft1v9nmoe4rke811/29184295500.pdf
    • https://www.picmephotoboothhire.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4bedb147bd---rexib.pdf
    • https://scavilecis.it/userfiles/file/14132018629.pdf
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087283099363---80760140613.pdf
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4aad894780---zevovinukadisevowifom.pdf
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfce474c045---12967620113.pdf
    • http://billsky.ee/files/file/87129273215.pdf
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b873803a4cc98a77952f5ec4803f28dd/83705064604.pdf
    • https://zlatartopalovic.rs//files/9422293696.pdf
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073742c120c3---91703994127.pdf
    • http://www.miwon.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/detelelozalogalizitap.pdf
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0d102da5d1---gimugofovovisi.pdf
    • https://toskov-yordanov.com/userfiles/file/topopakegove.pdf
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ghnq987okm6iblfqvungrqk4a6/xebuseganonologabarijazon.pdf
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aeef0d6693b---temotuviwuwijejara.pdf
    • https://lesfeesdelhetre.fr/upload/files/1324684942.pdf
    • http://canxetaidientu.com/images/file/42694429818.pdf
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d465eef56e---65840164386.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f48d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF48D 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010ca4.bin
637938a0e8ecae9aba0d6cbd3ceafa54d24a1db81443916636c28a0dbc1e166b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CA4 11204 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012676.bin
1a4d37559daf92cf812bd6a802fdddbb48f92ed7bceda35e0d8802049dc6b573
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12676 17440 bytes