Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a77f7ad861334246…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-08-15 05:54:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 6a83e98529095344786b065e04f055c2 SHA-1: c1a7c898ea3f7c31a2eaa8b822d9783b9cf380fa SHA-256: a77f7ad8613342461495382113d4503cd33118dc791a270df5d59f0ba9cd4da8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to compromised websites and a deceptive download button, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting further supports its use in malicious activities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

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 http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160839b233aa56---88744211666.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://simonkuehner.de/gfx/userfiles/files/96503713286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca2ea39b3c---55349962977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokwuttibut.com/file_media/file_image/file/28197297726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083428e6cb6f---30524694863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48924a52b5f6ae34630afe5e0fc4cb29/nerexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lighthouse-connection.at/myPix/file/81001467000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szao-spb.ru/images/news/file/wiwivax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1f59418b7e---94507975757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floraplant.gr/FCKeditor/userimages/file/96403379610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba177250fd3---92269840075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sevlpt2tup7dba92ulie7mp0tl/fudaxetojovemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://appfacile.it/file/14140648274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yogo110.com/userfiles/file/44749882785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075fdc09a0c6---21626900350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbcom.fr/ressource/site-image/files/1379919904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qkekgn735fnnics4sf1ugc35s1/vagedetuzobafiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ffefbead81704bfa607ffcf8dad64a5/25599366219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sangiorgioautoservizi.com/userfiles/files/14576186561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amazingindiaphotos.com/amazingindiaphotos//upload/fckimage/file/togeguvugukezitesagesik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcmcpropertyblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd0a86250e27a4c3d4a795fcb9189a4c/vujixusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=introduccion+de+portafolio+de+evidencias+ejemploPDF link annotation
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/869143a88b7ef1d8c022e33f55d1c3eb/57056198074.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_off0000e037.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE037 16724 bytes
SHA-256: 8c463741a0dfb63917d115a15e5b96590609a869c26a26176813453099968c49
font_01_sfnt_off00010c01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C01 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012418.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12418 11028 bytes
SHA-256: ed3dc3420f0c0df6a10d1703a0c388d818ac4677095d942ef9bbe67c57569f6d