Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b2219ee550ab426e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-09-04 11:51:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: e4e339a7718d49151d6cc8db21dda689 SHA-1: fdb4a076a10bd986f40477c06a396d3bd6abab2c SHA-256: b2219ee550ab426e9276c9950ccb7ccd8b204ffd8515f7c29acedb0511da6d05
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and other disposable hosting, suggesting it's part of a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports this, aiming to trick users into downloading a payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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 http://bulgankhangai.mn/userfiles/files/91165520996.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vagtteam.com/userfiles/Files/vurova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fcae537327f---81905498416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9469b7fdb---tawatutorodugatevuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aydinservis.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77417544946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/tiseva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://associazionemusicaviva.it/uploads/file/dasodezuposugosip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trungtamgiasuhcmmq.com/uplaod/quangtri/files/3243525663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retco.ge/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xokesafogip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b86fa67bb1---33418469327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c44c035f76c---zomejiwadaligivonekewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bf41170218---7324395749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aunay-sous-auneau.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tefaximibevoxubexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.pro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lmehrhronc23klnelfj9eipm04/1444504266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fe4a16188c---xijatomonimorubosez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twfern.org/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210626114341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fd24ee24fe---kosutufilasagusuzumodav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yar-net.ru/userfiles/file/41329720360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609222de3b076---42480266637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://108pizza.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/bikexuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emachn.com/data/attachment/file/22589419320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amrapalispot.com/userfiles/file/61555547721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608931e9ba7c0---vemuredakofapimiwoxuxobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://costanzolegal.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/76516442006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hevolta.com/upload/file/jebevipuboxetewojikabun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zifu-tech.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/71925386013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patanamachine.com/imgUpload/files/41931414972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=sandesh+epaper+ahmedabad+today+in+gujarati+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_off0000d36f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD36F 17916 bytes
SHA-256: 9af3d9e8b2f9094212575fd2d2fb172d86fca7af93274dbefeba974b9577593e
font_01_sfnt_off00010288.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10288 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011a9f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A9F 11456 bytes
SHA-256: cd311ff517157e23e71d58f47b2cc3596064185ab7d7141a281a6dca15d61266