Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c373ebcf783b72e3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.9 KB Created: 2021-08-19 14:57:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: bb092801aeb14f49b2d389bc1c7ab588 SHA-1: b2109822ce1e2bdf932703df1473946714a1d996 SHA-256: c373ebcf783b72e3439e72c25542dec8896e9439018387170d319a0b8f10b6de
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports this, indicating the document's intent is to trick the user into downloading a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=fire+emblem+heroes+apk+mod+unlimited+orbs PDF link annotation
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079feeda0223---49277720846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reitinguok.lt/userfiles/file/48307622134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca3713a09b---92153086852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://equinox-e.com/upload/files/85297354168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gezond-trakteren.nl/kasteel-doornenburg-img/bestandenfile/pefur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ippon.lv/uploads/File/vikegumuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluetact.com/locktactyuma/userfiles/file/borepavakofiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f203c974ce4---tuvaparizezifogixiwas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b3b3ef16d7---39446312925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngoctraithaibinhduong.com/uploads/news_file/87694361604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1babd6dd9733e26b1afeb2b19eb152f4/mefif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brawlcall.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58956245881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandhotelbulgaria.com/userfiles/file/zirenodenateraxejixebubon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a2735f36d0---mukisawaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa16f19b1a8---48679846190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scamps.biz/userfiles/file/xegerasadedofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gapoom.com/upload/fckeditor/file/rofurazus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e35c80c2a152cf776484ac689ba4941/13070643341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioarchterreni.it/userfiles/files/xezepezotoludidavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exmar.it/foto_fck/file/babefojov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zoorichi.com/temp/fckeditor/file/20984388261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b37c743b27b---74694334717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609654b3b4af8---28588675068.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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e2bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2BF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fad6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAD6 10964 bytes
SHA-256: 8d220fd3b07b489b19de8f3e8497e054620b92fc4de45419e97ae38ffd69792c
font_02_sfnt_off000113ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113CE 17292 bytes
SHA-256: bf25eeffde2176d5f8c75df237e7ec3e5c90a231a2f28eaba278614e10cb8ad1
font_03_sfnt_off0001417d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1417D 1696 bytes
SHA-256: 28c5bcedffb0f63c0f18ed07264126f7c833899b916de9a351f9850be7cb6bae
font_04_sfnt_off00014988.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14988 16312 bytes
SHA-256: 7d15b2d6d265aaca51dda18faee70a1b8fa9d95ed54cb111fb0895789092f9ae