Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c91d2426a17db0c6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-07-03 02:41:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: cc13db7e8c9cb7a2adcb85a18eca13c9 SHA-1: bfdeed1be6e984671eb12aa182bc0b7680507f4b SHA-256: c91d2426a17db0c6a9e7596ddc8dd9146cc08ca4146cb91ce837b40a56ea6c6d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate the presence of link farms pointing to potentially compromised websites and a deceptive download button lure. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its direct content, but the overall structure and heuristic findings suggest an attempt to trick the user into downloading a payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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 http://artecgroupservices.com/imagenes/file/89819518723.pdf
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aq6r41p3ec7ulp4rg9mfl80pv0/xexumajiwosetamulorijovot.pdf
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8q7tnmpsk4eqj094mrv40reoo/85876828182.pdf
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98664fe9f2594a0821fe6b6a0fb70b9a/pitofegazawujojekoseme.pdf
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6a29c375fc---64269519592.pdf
    • https://ventadeterrenosurbanos.com/userfiles/file/59253103123.pdf
    • https://najlepsze-w-polsce.pl/uploads/jakukajarijofupidekom.pdf
    • http://aps-mes.com/files/file/fefanelojowu.pdf
    • http://rauvuonsach.net/images/uploads/files/26553081048.pdf
    • https://mamo-tato.ro/userfiles/file/68600978756.pdf
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f36c300a3af168165dc5a54c34606475/38640906515.pdf
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ld4ook9cubnrchovbo5t5lipc6/12702832545.pdf
    • https://camelcarpet.org/d/files/36825356955.pdf
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160715ee40e874---vimitojojopedolojin.pdf
    • https://a-1commercialkitchenservices.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jumikuworaduwizifuluxetid.pdf
    • http://dzbnf.com/upload/file///xulewetuviwukini.pdf
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4lfoqb4hk66ah3spnit2prd4v6/18100913352.pdf
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4949813863---59485838246.pdf
    • https://kisikana.hr/userfiles/file/11234185188.pdf
    • https://zemiigori.com/uploads/file/45686571936.pdf
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/sugijigixironuvajobenefax.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=slow+motion+fx+apk+without+watermark
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f608.bin
a70602decfc59371d47a7b18e88261398a8cdbdb1458af3895008cc22ebe6265
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF608 10908 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010f21.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F21 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012733.bin
b5feb5bdb0b4e7e79653464c5e9d4471a898979f46d36955fffeaca01cf367c0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12733 17768 bytes