Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c902c664d892b742…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.1 KB Created: 2021-07-31 08:04:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: bd14670f2bce045ebf466d27e9a444d7 SHA-1: 315c8e8ce2e38c6df3ab19e158f8f431a4e16462 SHA-256: c902c664d892b7425fb2a74af97bbfee3f5f0649431d8560ae2a1f6ef4adfb33
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the URL structure and heuristic firings are sufficient to assess the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+hack+brawl+stars+2021 PDF link annotation
    • https://nabijdefossa.nl/upload/files/kasatusovuxixawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skrabl.pl/www/rpbd/fck/file/laxakaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingsde.com/uploads/files/48654237967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propertiproperty.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/55368259592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdmvt.cz/sites/default/files/66855506657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galeriejacqueselbaz.com/userfiles/file/vataxugorovotewaridefon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engineeredrepinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92efb380f74039948f15e1968c7aaebf/83907899214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-abroad-travel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/wikirizarefiwefotofalibow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f9c329c799b---60713724361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jlgardner.org/home/jlg/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juvijodukukimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae21c1cc77f1390910eb2195cf5abc4a/63668396871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://russkiivopros.com/images/FCKeditor/file/89601414226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chineseclothingonline.net/File/68974618930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.myvzl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6nuue6lvofuilie3b8t7rhji05/49569989236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080616a16ad7---ledokuwamexari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmvassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3b9c8d8717731063f7a044a4b7fb6f1/ditufumivewirikuvebipogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ihvanturizm.com/rsm/files/letedoremowufezurug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://probeg2000.ru/files/userfiles/files/51766588506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac847a7da54---nobaritiwotiviguvagugubiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirsanov-maslo.ru/uploads/lupemilukopisuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cd11286f67f9a9b093cd3c3b54d32e1/58716517124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m-camper.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nogudeboxanowatanosaki.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_off0000f3e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3E5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010bf7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BF7 19088 bytes
SHA-256: ec03d470d7a080aba3654afd370d2042d70916a7281432afc78e9d7fca7d8e49
font_02_sfnt_off00013daf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DAF 10600 bytes
SHA-256: 53ad9412c01b32ac6af1e1385aa830473fafb2eea789a947bfc72ead758e9f05