Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b879178f9a04877d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 23:26:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: ef9542afedbd81c2fe8dab1dd2cceae6 SHA-1: 63373634a6b3cc869602cd0b4f12aa495cef5bbe SHA-256: b879178f9a04877d54884d0f601dae48fb753d861ceaa304a15b4ae2312cafc1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites, likely to trick users into downloading further payloads. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports this phishing-like attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096796425ff5---68640803161.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://khunghinhdepphuctin.com/media/ftp/file/43441678849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ff505cdd26---93678901988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmcnx.com/userfiles/file/55906756463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.westcountrystoves.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3686e32108e065086dc66b592f90a71d/38069610219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bobas24.pl/Upload/file/sukagemuzabofetoguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://photographerin.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eagv7i2vaa52gof1v059dil0u6/71457928115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balaji-technology.com/userfiles/file/61618116239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c42f0494a3---59131188266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160873ddcd0d1f---63226951675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://latework.cz/soubory/toreseteramunifasafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c1ea80ce4358f7b828ecc3a185293d6/12730935894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vandiestbrandstoffen.be/uploads/files/11023851607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngoinvest.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/bepevazesofapekopak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beauti-full.ru/uploads/files/miguvezapapalusoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d1mflh4euj8r8oh44m0v0v370/66749641951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vivatbacchus.hu/files/file/derode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellerflows.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fa0579a736e4ba6d77e1765aa869fe9/daxabasixuwoxigaseloj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lustigersteirer.at/userfiles/file/69110186821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yavuzselimvakfi.org/resimler/site/files/91310353548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirsanov-maslo.ru/uploads/90510863847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gallery4walls.com/upload/editer/file/13149956326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=g%E1%BB%99p+file+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_off0000e9f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9F1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010207.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10207 9972 bytes
SHA-256: 8fa649231dd808ffa6fd9b907994e648b4515652b010888dffe08b890787c852
font_02_sfnt_off00011826.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11826 19704 bytes
SHA-256: 1963240924ce049a05e9f93aa0cede1baa96ba287c2b318bfbd3638dbfeb8644