Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b236ab2c91d7ae50…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-08-14 18:03:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 7f0a9de8eccb08252644a872cf1b330d SHA-1: e1cbc2d9fd5a153b5352b519d1a5071ed2e2fc19 SHA-256: b236ab2c91d7ae502e1892df03f717c270c41a9ffbcdb9f6896c9c97960fdb50
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the presence of numerous PDF link farm heuristics and the overall structure suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160929a647fccd---tedexafepenibevep.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://divorce-difficile.fr/userfiles/file/samijami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tortugafilms.ca/adminfiles/file/tosapesoviwupofavonebara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ampletrekking.com/userfiles/file/29357974385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlxzkj.com/uploads/file/221526223628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peggylittlelawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/74071703344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o702rn48o87s2eojdba4jaanh3/37248923456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaid.com/public_html/userfiles/file/sabimesokamewiveme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cornerstonelaw.eu/userfiles//file/59443426514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bayzones.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/19800849368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acd88085d66---6071638833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inncredel.com/uploads/dojaguleximo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ergo-logo-bamberg.de/userfiles/file/71943456524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serpavenger.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12105055459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anthonyjcincottalaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/24381999076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cc1cc534d7---65991700049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b37a2a1021d---16574164678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jaht.com/userfiles/file/71651799752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asfalon.com/__files/file/memipigiporelagonav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4bx.pl/public/file/baletopeguzemigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estigotours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/294f0c7c65743c14e3056e56f9ad56e4/26763181332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8j6c8kt1q2r8thgi77m2600re0/darenebus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tourister.kr/userfiles/file/66006339499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chmelo.hu/sites/default/files/file/jadegekomitonobiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085acf1b3dac---guketigunofekepodamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=seat+leon+service+manual+downloadPDF 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_off0000de00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE00 10860 bytes
SHA-256: 66d2a24cac06f1a450aac94b1b9cb6aecd09f6805768ae7b93e4d853b329ba45
font_01_sfnt_off0000f71c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF71C 16448 bytes
SHA-256: a770f63b102d3894d3da321fc4278a448af5f1008e05a9ef2fc00e4d3faf6729
font_02_sfnt_off0001219e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1219E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1