Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a78866ae96a18e9e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-09-09 12:10:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 0ddba32f12ac9d089c8071b2c359e50f SHA-1: 03fd2b6a10d7bd7e1f63f8b6b93273b47be0ad4f SHA-256: a78866ae96a18e9ef2c405c6480995d2c5d28f020b4ecd627a1cda3defa332a6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate the document functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised websites and disposable hosting, likely to trick them into downloading malware. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports this phishing attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://chinese-wall.tw/upload/files/tejenapemakagiviw.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://fine-cottage.ru/userfiles/files/70855405803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acrclubinversores.com/files/galeria/files/43386586254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0851gay.org/userfiles/202109file/2021090914285170554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mosvag.ru/img/lib/file/lanivarojum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanmorales.es/userfiles/files/47298674804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wirheiraten.de/images/file/97601973455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131643bac07b---xepafixorusotifanajuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lighthouse-connection.at/myPix/file/bovotinojukupunarekilaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139c4c9f3eb0---nisuvopulezexoxirox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artinterior.bg/userfiles/file/89393038157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://detskypohar.cz/upload/file/9259548705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hasekei.jp/userfiles/file/21038250156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gamylai.vn/uploads/files/vejigezobuwekonuvupedite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ulsantour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210902_D94CA58342A59501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://magicdiscoradio.com/userfiles/file/kowiwapupoxojavonukidulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allier.proximeo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90640100982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139ad421afe1---49300751995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viveironativodevicosa.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sumeregezekoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133040ecb067---12737413407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgpeo.pl/users/file/seziw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sesconbs.org.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33026934062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://honghow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91679144540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fgsconsulta.com.br/ckfinder/uploads/userfiles/files/bovixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139720009c29---kesolurezimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=instagram+apk+new+updatePDF 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_off0000edfc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDFC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010613.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10613 10708 bytes
SHA-256: 4b4d0fe3d01d159c843bd30ea2a1b17bd7b172f8626e110fea67c13d2336a9cb
font_02_sfnt_off00011e7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E7E 17840 bytes
SHA-256: 505d8e250dc9523eb32007b3b1bd02085ba4e510c27a527d858c1ad1ecbcbb83