Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a950984bdbbb26e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.6 KB Created: 2021-07-08 06:17:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 6888492c7d81d0f72d701ec2a956bfaa SHA-1: 2c7cf116b775e62ffe5d9adf1a11fbf464c9a830 SHA-256: a950984bdbbb26e626c72f5a8c05b46f9d5444234b923aa2097ad2acc9c2d3f8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, suggesting it is part of a link farm designed to distribute further malware. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=2005+monte+carlo+owners+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089c7d1ac5cf---kujilemiwizuxuxitotosuled.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pestresolution.pt/site/upload/file/niwabutasoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advantagelic.com/singhania/downloads/file/fozevopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae1cb4f31be---83047795917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c25591bd1fa---pidanutonetoduta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.prieteniitehnicii.ro/documente/file/11154102508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a898ed7ad1d3280acffdb7de18502dfd/fibopudipogalipemegako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ef741c5194---sibisebuzusobuzimegaguje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa1ad009cae---kunolopujuvamuzevukanuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.it/upload/duvajex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082cc0a9ddc9---mupisimolimibikoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imssp.by/data/images/fxeditor/file/98519347212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gearforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q92a3sa1fn0knl086pb1evppn4/41455134292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be3342f362ec4e372faae69dd0959ece/fozasukavamirojuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chokysitohang.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/ribowisumoweved.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archltginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3fc08be744d8ef43789e795f8729895/worelawik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b245a88f5d5---vonixabenizigipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608718f384cc5---kubufutetovikosejirisuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160733775c770e---goguzaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thunderstar.cn/userfiles/file/20210508195907777908720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3823b97911---lapabusexifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a803f7a76c---vuworunafazidirapoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21e555169cf245bd6c2bf9937d76f019/ziruxadavowevivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacinsara.ro/fckfiles/file/suselatibatapi.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_off0000c359.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC359 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000db70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB70 10764 bytes
SHA-256: 797936ba63d2edba308a015fb4b88ee872a25c486e83eb7186df51096d66a164
font_02_sfnt_off0000f45b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF45B 15888 bytes
SHA-256: 77c02cc7996062d58ef19fdde7e315bc63adb8c76cdaf859aa272c845ffc71b8