Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c84bc0c9796bcb79…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-07-08 16:48:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 0c7aaa494601ddf168107b489b18dc6c SHA-1: c8e92004a327dde639657db3745dd5ac60648771 SHA-256: c84bc0c9796bcb79612233c0d9390ecfd32a3db69d44f45601e2aa328c8108d0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to host malicious files. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution attempt. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the document, likely serving as a lure for a trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=download+vidmate+2019+latest+version+for+pc PDF link annotation
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4cbf4db5c3---nakefibukedof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aquamedia.cn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/depapuwelidubod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d430f6affd---52886963280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lifecareproduct.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43382676412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fj3tnj61sj93145qcmjdh7rgg7/rapedajigegonamojonijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ip1fu77bv6l0gbbmpjvs30png/70396295042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086e731f0333---nipamelikofovijoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amoy-art.com/Upload/file/42507008674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d2419f2982---97030203628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dieta-plus.pl/userfiles/file/rarabifojagulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matrainagycsalados.hu/userfiles/file/85817352073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0437e2c86e49c9ac5ebe7b653744d231/56424382951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguyenquangcomputer.com/upload/ck/files/18619679160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deckdreams.com/clients/3/34/34055ef41782f8f15ebf372c1e39ecad/File/78956654941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0m747e44tac9sugpm4ss81mvei/nagatinirufatulagilowimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aeecd5e58d4c60b70b1165a6f127f4f6/zafupiraketem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabaizhongxue.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-25/20210525024938393720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080f5a73bf85---7168955602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kamerton.nl/clientfiles/nixemefijonujafonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0b4bc5480b---36096248707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://graffitipaintstudio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be8a7bfa24e98cdb19a740a7f71c2ec3/79236758204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jclifeschools.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae194b0553a47418429f2ec34ad018d3/55693652412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fusen-es.info/yamituki-n/uploads/files/18240904456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ca8391c392---kosupopabakulololorevut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burchiellati.com/file_fck/file/84029797118.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_off0000ec20.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC20 17196 bytes
SHA-256: d469fdf00995ace9425c3f00f1d4a808c615dbc91d59bc030886165e8ab76012
font_01_sfnt_off00011953.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11953 11396 bytes
SHA-256: d9c240c16c32edcea0892bc1e54d3619b45e98d68411a32d8f8ba12a10240932
font_02_sfnt_off0001344c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1344C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1