Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ab3ec65af9524212…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-02 14:28:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 780eb9e89445de1fee8813c50f2cd068 SHA-1: e1e3e996b2aecf63f0863ca08c7d6166a784f983 SHA-256: ab3ec65af952421256d95e93c4fc632f477aa2a87e098c3a82ee84dbaaa14f33
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised websites and potentially hosting further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' lure suggests a phishing or social engineering tactic to trick users into downloading a payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://paardenwelzijnscheck.nl/app/webroot/files/ckeditor_files/files/12097852207.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160941caa62f64---50963285414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2a66fe1bc3---tupetosuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d45f36acbb6911677eca128cb87654f/lozowux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitytradefze.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jajafojop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alexandrapanayotou.com/web/images/static/file/78097775440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.introspekta.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/39844168434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/pavifukukolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a11327bebe2---93524524837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystalnymph.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c62dde6a511b530512e286a20db18918/nuduvuvubumugijesuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2ea954f98c---fuwojavezopevet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-polylysine.com/d/files/77387170181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-label.com/upload/files/nunuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toppelletmachine.com/d/files/futalixeduzamul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opusbiz.kr/data/editor/file/186608650860e4b614a8413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a837a434f3a65b0fc0806eb9d8124974/rujuxamutesirejeduki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieompaysdebray.fr/lesiom/txt/imgadmin/file/kozobew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearspace-design.com/CKEdit/upload/files/zekizuvedapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lea-inc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e03de151a82877eb861b98bff9ff8fd2/16035261377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mgogs.com/mgfiles/file/tonukuragapesoxakelumopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://am-assets.com/aom/magnolia/userfiles/file/dolenapete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://primaneighbors.com/userimages/81021222841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://argekaucuk.com/nbg/upload/files/15243687817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090bda8687c8---76939156008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=maths+book+std+10+pdfPDF 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_off0000ddad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDAD 19824 bytes
SHA-256: b77687cb2437ce867bb39cc9d6b8ee0cc16c6432807f0620ac6f8603aef5b844
font_01_sfnt_off000111eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111EB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012a02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A02 10520 bytes
SHA-256: 5be04077a5794e7211b563ec804fb28d6fb178c5cb0e5820da56ecb58119f8cb