Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a84a5f6860d43511…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-08-19 04:30:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 51b1c00f25ac5bf8633b2de6690355a3 SHA-1: 0badbca83db00d40a5524a32de3cb200fc47306b SHA-256: a84a5f6860d43511e1d4bfdb65acb85c8ae426f0e7580d96c3ff048d706f3133
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting it's designed to lead users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution scenario.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ec5f49eb08---fenefusasurokinaxi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://go-trec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nq2g3j4rdphfp7rqc7790dmubb/dimujamisomolodanep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airbays.com/userfiles/file/15970439541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adria-ex.com/images/blog//file/51091468156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbidienmanhcuong.com/upload/files/60270967922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://felicitareonline.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tomobaniwarirudex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cesishotel.lv/res/wysiwyg/file/sakanumusiwikideser.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kbstephens.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/815dae0570c14162c115b2d5d1b5ee62/fogedewudejuvinuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prsnashville.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f867d3256b822315fb33ce161ee0b2df/59010383519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimhc.com/userfiles/file/gorojipesexup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d19e74a8f893c83c7525d6b668f76287/76566490199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bac2b24ae2---33006590257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vozilasavozacem.rs//files/3624190671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4c0885f58dae06ee4cc7d4e50c4fcdb/nokogur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artdealer.vn/upload/fckimagesfile/b9bff0692cb3c57023eae40707aea89f.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2c27034dea---defagimalugunapukexiban.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c6e5176de5---26510355987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.institutvzdelavani.cz/files/17385497356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a850c105764---90004142277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metallpress.info/files/xosepiregeforetusudogur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.esthemed.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2475fa39be---21631261280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioidahoacuong.com/uploads/image/files/jipawifejoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://expertcomptablecourreges.fr/michel_courreges/userfiles/file/78004273951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.autoservis-hubatka.cz/admin/upload/ww/file/5641196260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deep2001.com/images/library/File/89819389657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzhs168.com//uploadfile/files/2637900208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=flight+simulator+2018+mod+apk+flywingsPDF 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_off0000d84a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD84A 21276 bytes
SHA-256: 9d3a5968c55ea218a89b81ae8b047c70c81aba8d5fa86822bc85ea558b288811
font_01_sfnt_off00010ecb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10ECB 11684 bytes
SHA-256: ccda32ae62e4d665ecaaf38e18963b870ad2dd6f5200971515b79a8a27e718b7
font_02_sfnt_off00012a61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A61 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1