Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ab872fe1a65eadc9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-08-17 00:31:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: d02877130ec24d2107c72c5aebe2adeb SHA-1: 1b7d81a9b60668566fb45f616b4d62755bb9447d SHA-256: ab872fe1a65eadc9a671105d622f42ef96101c823cc6081eef66f39b5dead634
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to multiple disposable hosting domains, with one URL specifically mentioning 'download clash of clans mod apk'. This suggests a phishing or scam attempt to trick users into downloading potentially unwanted or malicious software. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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=download+clash+of+clans+mod+apk+unlimited+everything PDF link annotation
    • http://colorfusion.us/admin/images/file/85161733753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ampletrekking.com/userfiles/file/65380966685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f79907c68f---49039073177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08abd18393a7a981cb6fac21b56b885f/10882134712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sardavetri.it/userfiles/file/93459949525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608950bb14ae9---kuzakibagajinawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woodwork.pl/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/putegariv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://op-gold.com/ck_image//files/12134266019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072dc1076933---puwotosekinofato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://color-gateway.com/userfiles/file/38096313855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whuntex.info/userfiles/file/kisipazorevajopatazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1u71hkb9ocm2glri0ichdlrek5/kirunawexos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7su873jsgtck9tna66von3k8g/vepuderolufiwagikufilalav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rieker-consulting.eu/files/file/35509608404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smgbid.com/ckfinder_userfiles/files/32438066950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5051308fd9---wipevibidojadaxopodoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adveotec.com/img/file/gujomepixijijep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca73b34d973---bapamejixiseduzegefunupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac423988928---59311507914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amsaneeraus.fi/userfiles/files/sejilufikotevedadobonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bad6ea5478---49816617570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popa.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2eeec5742b09da7e6464b08abd78b18/vogevufetekiwajesox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bushregenerators.com/userfiles/files/79804346919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094916dbe555---64630883112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unseenadventure.com/userfiles/file/xewogoxuludodili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpspcb.com/uploads/files/3534841311.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_off0000dc7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC7A 17060 bytes
SHA-256: 43fff8a7c25c45cf3be1bf93ad4886d2ffbd301aa527dad36bd4ad813ca49c9e
font_01_sfnt_off000107ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107AB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011fc2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FC2 11528 bytes
SHA-256: dc885dfb43f3fa7281d9fc249f7743af16fcaad030d9cc971e90cc05433abe31