Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c723cad4056cee21…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-07-05 21:34:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: 330e4b0b5d8ee0ed42653782ace0a8f9 SHA-1: 96cccf53daa2ef581a486f64c62a8e677cc6a64e SHA-256: c723cad4056cee2156aff6c447f212922a4628d5dfa3795144b52a7e77c55330
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised websites, many of which are hosted on disposable domains and utilize formcraft plugins for file uploads, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=basic+arithmetic+questions PDF link annotation
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071bf6940a63---wutugabizefebabamiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liantoong.com/archive/upload/files/lopas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8be02649dc---kazujapiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clingac.com/d/files/63304589083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607272b8a7d86---7854668850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobraukraina.org/sites/all/sites/dobraukraina.org/files/68646349149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menlopark.com/wysiwygfiles/file/89719908734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hum-lucknow.org/test/fckeditor/file/gigegap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olversonfamilyreunion.org/clients/5/51/51a48c89da211807e19ed56f8a1a1822/File/bexetul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forumhotel.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cgg3uhlrslb8neklt6m7acun74/zikexijutimisagemugode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiadomainstore.com/userfiles/file/gasufasukakosubeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clingac.es/d/files/96899658109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/duhlp9dg9d4q84p8fh10uotfbu/rupurixuxiralezirev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e601eb993b---torekipubugavikisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.m2asolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3226b583765306ce30d7f57832fc466b/xamugefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africansafaris-spain.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/nibamumeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thekolkatapackersmovers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fugabiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bnbcostaverde.it/userfiles/file/17211680251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimara-bg.com/userfiles/file/zanad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a945ac1bccd---kegopavapexowederuxeleb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aradovan.com/userfiles/file/45387097155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alquilerbares.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160792d215546e---jijilamowuzevarefubowige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blog.crowdly.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d47db7b6b7---47117767855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikizmir.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083cd6483461---kixegenanozemuleniru.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_off0000ed73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED73 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010585.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10585 19008 bytes
SHA-256: 5e38556f971ce56c2dc7995c43771e4b44055cb3feb365deb5c4bd4354480e4b
font_02_sfnt_off00013812.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13812 10748 bytes
SHA-256: 11b6cba1b60f949d44cac75d2681540563bf469d7e71550d47e85bb2578ce2ae