Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c369075b1f4f42c3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.5 KB Created: 2021-08-14 01:25:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: e605d07a9823e573e26f0331e6ff249c SHA-1: 26ce1fee53611069284e088beeb6132595016535 SHA-256: c369075b1f4f42c32f5bc57bb46923f0cd1b4d2e361969832ed001b9307577d4
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 a machine learning classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The file contains numerous links to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting it is part of a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a visual download button further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9934

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=dmv+2020+written+test+answers PDF link annotation
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec537a4bab0---49903094421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac4cf2d0eef---92219994441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079421908f45---gitelokuwofifonumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161055c817489f---pesijosewenejuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://straub-online.ch/userfiles/files/gimutepesuvobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://detaycopymatbaa.com/userfiles/file/loforukuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70ce77718678b271cfdeb98f13ec11b4/lonaxijemazafijof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/714r9m6eq4pfbe1rdenlt9jua0/45420870721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chptravel.ir/data/file/nuselabirasezozuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitalchurchesinstitute.com/files/file/ligidudoxebapimuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6330037f31---45169937346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080fb32c46de---bedopedibovekisid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jakebenmd.com/clients/0/0e/0eef9d569b11303d075d19626cc6f958/File/mowotarasonixewuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b577885ca0b---tisugofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comptables-publics.fr/userfiles/file/34351675362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ovh5uf3j9abu5phs7mnhc7ht80/roziwijem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pp-aqua.com/userfiles/files/3210092008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tour-paris-guide.com/cite_imgs/file/jowukatiledumizok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuexe7cho.vn/upload/files/tizemuzuvasetabow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ed-web.cz/userfilesfile/88542147561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070c8d567b33---jazibesobiwokolepisuxes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mocphatreal.com/assets/images/ckfinder/files/23376049187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fd94c47821---finagozoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608142911c946---wizodugoxefozetexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuhs1981.com/clients/8/82/82ca37c076ec4232796cb58ed009bb3a/File/64466178109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eziblank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14c56bd5ac9746b14a853da53af7d46c/zagetibejek.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_off0000cb1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB1D 16524 bytes
SHA-256: 2c8863cda3692c442a428798a0873c89813c2347451e85bff913e0c74f5ab6ec
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5B3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010dca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DCA 10496 bytes
SHA-256: c5ea6a7013057a87b47e86ae1502be0138dea191a13ac95195233dfe8df09fe4