Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b84a856da108d68e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.3 KB Created: 2021-10-09 03:00:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: d247b3963a96aea698d2e02131aef658 SHA-1: b25126f3c45b30b6b996430c3b501e5434dbcb73 SHA-256: b84a856da108d68e5f458a01df69a96e0036e407783c787afd9d80cab46fd02c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a phishing or malware distribution attempt. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=7th+tamil+guide+3rd+term PDF link annotation
    • https://alhasooncorp.com/Files/files/63571915443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stef-nancy.fr/upload/document/74047002279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b88f216312---12364087258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://efficientinfocomm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85498547191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fst-uinsu.net/userfiles/files/rabomir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paradisetourkorea.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210901_FB0B5C8A6153D3C2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wimborst-ceramics.nl/public/view/upload/fckeditor_images/file/wijafaxotapijunidukolewom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://micronforgacsolo.hu/UserFiles/file/vepitikap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://runwellconsulting.com/file/file/kurelinidifus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drinkpoint.com/uploads/files/rulevulivedabepexofunim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europawindow.com/app/webroot/img/main_content/files/xavudafolavemiwibudabiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00aed13164a50287e418bcbca89cd396/88714728116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gionggiacam.gagiongvitgiong.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/meretiberuwijapepesiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614e2f75a292d---wegupaxojexerog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koncnc.com/genelresimler/file/81788297033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egyediajandekotletek.hu/mvc/userfiles/file/93010873445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baschin-heizung.com/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/pomifevareropodunin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vozilasavozacem.rs/files/67878374818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sino-islam.com/upload/file/231720332905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-dr.com/uploads/files/202110081009244414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614d783d28d51---16796320645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krokodilok.hu/_user/file/4457139524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8e89b18ec3f6edcb9a5b00ac2e38403/46293618358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16160c05692a9e---ririruxanovugozasud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teraval.cz/res/file/bepofuzulisi.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_off0000cc21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC21 10528 bytes
SHA-256: 7ff08716505a0ed08bc5d693218b18cbe89b152460f16dc27953e852b1eda4a4
font_01_sfnt_off0000e3e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3E3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fbf5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBF5 18776 bytes
SHA-256: 522ec42f90c8b2d8bfc25bbbf85d3e7c28bde65303afaaf01b863758b7606945