Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c489cc0f67880a15…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.4 KB Created: 2021-09-03 09:01:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: d1dd6249a777b68b9cc80f728a621a40 SHA-1: d59ec4043d511c38303b18fc051f47dbbdc2bc12 SHA-256: c489cc0f67880a15b128527f23987d21fff336d0ba9641387bf789a84ce75ec4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a phishing or malware distribution lure. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' confirms the malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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 http://tulga.ru/editor/files/21646170350.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc8c6db6bf51438a242711b9a7902df0/gixinurutuzivakolisoxubek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ktcz.eu/files/files/fowemezikabirare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garmagostaran.com/Upload/file/xalobudapupoxuvekakamop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://15441707.com/data/board/file/20210830015404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moon-villa123.com/CKEdit/upload/files/wevawekiwisibunezutatikaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68b610a4e9c30bc5482a527936cea0da/xuwalawup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livelyway.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fusafakusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baocaosudanang24h.com/uploads/image/files/96920527971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q5rjm12kgumbmf0lq4p0sebof6/luwalaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qigoodteam.com/uploads/files/202108240406506873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://web68s.com/upload/files/26204678918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prattsofdouds.com/clients/d/d8/d85aab9f4bcbae69c8358f7a9990a0b1/File/sakenizasonipijibemexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ffarchitettura.it/userfiles/files/zogibijijezedunubezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziguratex.com/helpdesk/app/webroot/img/userfiles/files/30940544684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gift-founder.com/archive/upload/files/bosorokesuxunusudaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fijiembajak.com/uploads/ck_uploads/files/vupareboxotorewofokaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moyaexpresss.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tisujaxaresiparow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcccbaa1aac80e2f79f4bdfc18c2c1ab/lutudixufekezurejazul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faresaldabbous.com/uploads/files/80011825459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/773a1c6f8b6456dd51ef21a6857e8606/29506735594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v7lfht8dmmbn8poidlk0o4u1b2/98900589979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd2aeabee52e89af5c1534b17b473685/somunitobap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deauville.ru/files/file/piganewofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ippon.lv/uploads/File/limeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=wortsuche+pdf+macPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000d11f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD11F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e931.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE931 18012 bytes
SHA-256: cbe8bf70f1005df1ac82948cef14aeccd24b3d919bded3a300357461bc579e42
font_02_sfnt_off0001178a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1178A 10736 bytes
SHA-256: 8d56f3caadc84b3b8abdbfe241e0b223f3578da560ae1e30e4de201729687454