Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ad712df7daeced66…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.8 KB Created: 2021-09-16 18:32:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 1e73365d86f06e0abe609fda9faa4c36 SHA-1: 983238371d32543eb8c3ac704feba36b23a7bd5d SHA-256: ad712df7daeced66911dc67c10d9096e38b6e62a7f1e8649620d4c3a3e038823
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF employs a common phishing lure technique, presenting itself as an image to entice user interaction. Multiple heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to various external URLs, some hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for credential harvesting or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 1 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 67 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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 http://pileki.com/imgup/file/senatunaragolesip.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://flims.atelierleuthold.ch/userfiles/files/bomipewimofow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fe4193bca1---keliregunogasarowok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellarp.com/userfiles/files/873383984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddhaart.in/userfiles/file/pegitegiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://telechips.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jefomitomimubisekusenib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cenlaenvironmental.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/88777454288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rijst.nu/userfiles/file/jinof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cddfct.com/up_files/file/82133199456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunrise-photon.com/upfiles/editor/files/32630794240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kperrylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/18796910238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drbumbnursinghome.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78671640595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pollackmihalyiskola.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/josotibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yomadesign.com/userfiles/Proj_Name/files/filunododazilufapovokul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c5f06cd8e5---noruxilutigiriterutaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beveragesgs.com/userfiles/file/zasowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotelrestaurantmacarena.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58697951689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dinskayarealty.ru/media/file/kamaxumidiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://najlepsietorty.sk/uploads/fck/file/77245974824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abpjse.news-read.com/upload/files/89492457351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161315adadb345---46028001329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0851gay.org/userfiles/202109file/2021090508493370554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f8142ee9f7707d8e8a0197df3032ce4/nenuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=coreldraw+free+download+for+androidPDF 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_off0000af22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAF22 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c734.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC734 14192 bytes
SHA-256: 6297b7934ff16bcdb6b1d01b6d7a3467bb6b62857a5b72a9680f83d43ade80e8
font_02_sfnt_off0000eab3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAB3 10196 bytes
SHA-256: e097926ac5722dc3b950624cc1b159c63d7d4448bf0e17d7c655f8291f51e0dc