Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c416ea6ab9dc9463…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-13 17:47:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: bff018953dba4438e5f656c95aad70f9 SHA-1: 453509112e96532523493ebde29e515780fab70d SHA-256: c416ea6ab9dc9463392d8bf752c186533865caa5b18aa771a7570a992704a3d7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious files. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely involving the exploitation of PDF vulnerabilities to execute a payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=growtopia+cheat+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://hausdergesundheit.net/userfiles/files/25469699486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eqonetech.com/upload/userfiles/files/sisupezipusanidafoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sogelec-eng.com/files/ckfinder/files/96940859393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foodphotoshop.com/userfiles/files/wodovev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psystat.net/candyticket/uploads/page_images/files/14532314550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://austral-immo.com/userfiles/files/68196579265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://residenceraffaellotorino.com/userfiles/files/bekaxom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lg-palette.com/upload/files/tesozodamimapaxuparaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burkina-businessschool.com/business_school/uploads/file/xidokogorepinono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuhenganquan.com/userfiles/file/20210902205913_160043016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zoncmswebsitebeheer.nl/files/editor/file/94823076477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miskolciharsona.hu/pictures/file/xofutamozomatevuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellina.pl/userfiles/file/63266064324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://downtowncincyhotels.com/core_degree/admin/images/cms_imagesfiles/xugotoleberojiwodus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cc9b8231a2---fulenasakerimufikadiwute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b073k7nfrpff09m9drbfrkl7o/nikenematububavil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soccerauquebec.com/userfiles/file/fowofagiweseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jhservice.net/imagenes/galeria/files/40968934114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khachsan295doson.vn/namthuan/images/news/files/sosugepibomikejujemobunav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boonfagrandhome.com/user_img/files/bibezudasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodykneadstherapy.com.au/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dasevexixovewilija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ovartec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f328e23735---5876146914.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_off0000da30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA30 17564 bytes
SHA-256: f6b2a6575a260026aea7c97ddd204eb5f55084fcc98f1329a25ec5643cab65e3
font_01_sfnt_off00010819.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10819 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012030.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12030 10372 bytes
SHA-256: ef02f803637579c2f97681923a62d34aebb77bcbfdff06edd83af4eccaf732d4