Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b9983ae52a01c397…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-06-27 17:43:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1670443735e493282553b035fbac3fd7 SHA-1: 1c9e11a49d1df9c2296274b2a276914c9088ab14 SHA-256: b9983ae52a01c3979b45e0bec3ef5c422c4d043c9091512ee64c69df256158fd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal a link farm pointing to various external URLs, some hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a visual download button further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://people11people.gr/uploads/File/21463272970.pdf
    • https://www.stjohnhomelessshelter.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74b3ee062699f6a5787dd2ab5191122d/54403962553.pdf
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2f9553fef5---70629749401.pdf
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5sec6ni8u7eop82sk4g73ctbq6/medona.pdf
    • http://glina-master.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gemanalo.pdf
    • http://dzbnf.com/upload/file///jevuxajulukofujisanubute.pdf
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5f6d83b8a9---zijidomakifupibo.pdf
    • https://lion-trading.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s69uh2lbgm99f4a5lf8n15et1i/58739367037.pdf
    • https://funkydrop.shop/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b8e16593544f7a2567f4d3e3a84da0f/74800899586.pdf
    • https://cleaner.pl/userfiles/file/natolitomu.pdf
    • http://market-oborudovanie.ru/upload/file/xebofibox.pdf
    • https://ols.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f9d8bddadf75b9cda548ea4c98c6770/8624713648.pdf
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec7dcdac14620dfa898fcfe11c59071d/99577772096.pdf
    • https://vandolderskb.com/images/usr/29430118520.pdf
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/onpvda8p2i9m04s6ueb312bsd4/24158004556.pdf
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/100119455203.pdf
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b116caaadb5360877963cf9d6539ae31/bujomonunodijelif.pdf
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160816d4b8f7a2---kunejuninajubomi.pdf
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1f0fc0b04c---44289754773.pdf
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/695365779bbd32e65b11a05fef7e7c04/guxalexedut.pdf
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b6802a675842e065522d22b18edd49b/bibuwunexifebadadonu.pdf
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8ac1f8c9ee---81501713342.pdf
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606dbc2f0a77b---xexafozavusupebofibosonud.pdf
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4a295e2d9a---96862395257.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=convert+multiple+images+to+one+pdf+online+free
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e918.bin
9497a651d4780ecc6816e4dabedc624c5bc66bbd433075b5b5920f75d7393b09
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE918 16708 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000114d4.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114D4 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012ceb.bin
4beaa9353009cdcf822648e0ab29f048dfeee382ada81405debaa227e1e9620c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CEB 11036 bytes