Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aa4887e110e43576…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-15 16:58:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: c9891aa1b9d49b23e97e5dcddc22aced SHA-1: b51937664ec8307e16bc2c83ac28dfa82db2be30 SHA-256: aa4887e110e4357616598db54290169625ef526b8ef33e84fb99c4a25698f49a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous external links, many pointing to domains flagged as link farms or hosted on potentially compromised CMS uploads. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further suggests a lure to download malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cabal+mobile+global+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://ecosdaliberdade.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lebulesal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zzhqhi.com/d/files/67356945120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aprilboya.com/userfiles/file/legidoraxokinuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rymwid-training.com/userfiles/file/28989315392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613867abe4afd---69599461080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teenmag.cz/userfiles/file/fezubonofevawibexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bowlingkillers.com/imgdb/files/22592854077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpviettin.com/upload/files/jozup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilocom.net/webroot/img/files/sebumokunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weilandvloeren.nl/fckimages/47505565113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebiocell.com/uploadfile/file///2021090404132856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapawan15.com/shop/fck_file/file/28916835641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivantomanov.com/userfiles/file/wimalaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bycongroup.com/UserFiles/file/nexitukavitexasaduko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukwoodrecycling.com/userfiles/files/4346364043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hk-sai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42039374428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aardbeienfeesten.nl/uploadimages/files/miviwube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://altstudio.be/app/webroot/uploads/file/29749865247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soosekszer.hu/upload/files/37309183107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ur3c4n2ms1toblnickgtdcmp24/65916108216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reviewz.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/71994794241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e65092886a60b10bcb2cac859cddc92/26078361981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alpinebadmintonacademy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20663260191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613021f598dab---davogubekavodilinepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heyumpnd.com/userfiles/file///busulagononipaz.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_off0000d200.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD200 21144 bytes
SHA-256: c765d36b672a210b1d9fad68517e4f6434146f248afefad4685cb1e483634c25
font_01_sfnt_off0001082c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1082C 10388 bytes
SHA-256: 52f001275d9285eb0d83e744994aba76c87920faca5d56a7221818953821149e
font_02_sfnt_off00011f71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F71 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1