Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b905f898aeef204f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-07-01 14:09:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: fee28221bc82b963e30ab9486b618801 SHA-1: f82a5ba2092cb55ff7518fb5988c3fb9681d2144 SHA-256: b905f898aeef204f96acc90aa85ae6c02ba67277a85ef9cfac52701042813626
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports this. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=incredible+sweater+machine+instructions PDF link annotation
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607228e924b82---gegezazipumemupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098b4f4ce749---menovigadojuvotus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jaika.in/images/documents/files/8681518966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ca6be4275a---gugiwiwonodax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/492112e47f538340b7bf736661e3e930/43984512646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jfee27of5l4b8pjcve35gn9048/sudikutiwupilazolugad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ptlittleflower.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q22ir0almvembtsbrlkafhhn4b/mopatuvonam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trimix.bg/UserFiles/File/39604256234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aihr-iadh.org/uploads/FCK_files/file/67103505520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ligneus.hu/upload/file/benuvabitopiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agama-rc.com/upload/files/jamirafejofovupepun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hurtmar.pl/Upload/file/gapekuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/boxoranizagumilugozoduze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hinogas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s5brkcagh5ojm4nmctv7s3kgrk/88964692526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kameleonhastanc.hu/files/file/pubezobadimidojini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49706d74c3816be9c7a2533dc46c1413/radofupesaminunazud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca3f6b9c395b9bb4e472a956abc44118/48101671560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ascinfratech.com/clientprojects/trading/file/zolutotezexidugev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seerupit.dk/assens/file/pureseser.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o6putr3lsmo2u43cs5m6547ivc/59273585242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc23b28c16d817b6a3a0be3b0595fa83/42964535946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160944b342edb5---33566997641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anma.pl/anma_edytor/file/wususikazadol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tourister.kr/userfiles/file/21848959036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qi0s3idg32g4eeqfm241ojqj3f/tagirawodepujas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160829e8f24560---26608667816.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_off0000f251.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF251 18124 bytes
SHA-256: 5610682212c9ca3d0d53dc0bddeea2aec54361cb23b49e85dc65105bdf7debba
font_01_sfnt_off00012200.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12200 10912 bytes
SHA-256: eda00f7147cdc7c5193348cdb205bb8e8cb89b4017d0c172db22757f64fec609
font_02_sfnt_off00013b1e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B1E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1