Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b754e87ce0442fa4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.6 KB Created: 2021-06-29 15:02:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: d490b63852ecb72f0bb2e31f6310be4d SHA-1: 77dabe0270b573dda76eed1a4993f76139e88c56 SHA-256: b754e87ce0442fa43d20888e6b21b7a568d36b29f895f72499a75ce0f5a15838
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 hosted on compromised websites, likely to trick users into downloading a secondary payload. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics suggest it is part of a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4da324da7107749cb65ec47c0bc5400e/5989891183.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cdmatik.com/uploads/file/leviwanawubolatujexar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a62d2aa069d---lupirikad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2d72c8b4ebc9942d31d5bacf91b07c9/gexisotaketabaxitok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d72123709f0---jowokugiziz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blankheich.de/images/uploads/file/7268548924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096c0542f152---5496830322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engineeredrepinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da3a1d4799f69c06bb9c5d793a855f13/dokupuwejedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctmmaximoravenna.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26793760267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c4339ced23---24940173808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ee2964a574---tugixagar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soechi.com/userfiles/file/mibuwomepidabixopotutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f701205a746d325f0bced4d9e9702668/22208400998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096996574f93---sowimur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purpledoorchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a9c73eb310---somudisuwuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-21/20210621215207700153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca3127618508d30085b88fe154d838de/13366820827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terminarz.online/kosmetyczka/krakow/files/nakapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nicenpos.com/userData/board/file/rajezotewukapuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://przyklejki.pl/userfiles/72235722045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160734dcdcf5a5---puvilugik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc8a392b66---kesuxoluxebusaxezevipaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twxcd.com/img-aim/files/duvirezorojipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076b431a5b91---99613500310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=indian+hotels+share+price+nsePDF 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_off0000fe87.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE87 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001169e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1169E 10564 bytes
SHA-256: e708f430ba44bae566084391fce63d1839434bc418887408e7f6ec6d4e382904
font_02_sfnt_off00012e93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E93 17728 bytes
SHA-256: 043becf2277e794991a73e23de105d34b467bae99b792e21deb97ca1a256a081