Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ca7309fee0d69ff4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.9 KB Created: 2021-07-25 15:32:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 9113a890dbeab418364cac4fab38d253 SHA-1: f9dcf84c9f134510061879b8b1423319eb7607ab SHA-256: ca7309fee0d69ff4d7a95e1c3f2eda62e8a643f164ad12c5671388c253d631e8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised websites, identified as a link farm. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m8f7v16t5k3sobv25cko492bnu/wiviwuxobarabimosotag.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://songhandiban.com/uploadfile/file/2021062312045773499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b759f21f439---1571029251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tsb49lrhn6bo62q7duf2na5c7c/62230630533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d822f9a31e6---timipiditap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a223e69bee8---xisiver.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivfnna.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1a65b8488399a309e1486a65ba47c0f/15140527116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/htj51q3j3ouq507i28q4a0s51j/30246400772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/696b7b861f17ec175278bb65b9bc22d5/mevosudajuzemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sculecuacumulator.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/52560956654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01af1bcd34e8caf5da783f6019029291/sipaxizofofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096cf6159005---sajeniberedefamujadaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europacreativaeuskadi.eu/files/galeria/files/xabanafuguresif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db62c64d195---15146807892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee15e8bd1bd97c494d2686a6556cdc6b/medefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4444021a3602bdd743d726508c921e37/niwenoporalidugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muratay.nl/userfiles/file/jorukize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fac2fbc7624---63008715658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ainut.fi/userfiles/file/fesavadobibogizabixugozek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jancsoalapitvany.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77530216638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lionsmarsala.it/userfiles/files/piloduvufenijozizaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shiokerbau1.com/contents//files/58725721169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifbscalidad.eus/files/galeria/files/32095026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=christian+new+year+facebook+coversPDF 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_off000110d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110D2 10916 bytes
SHA-256: aee2329b5faf87b75732466dd74ed3a132b11797ac76e76c42fca07948b021ca
font_01_sfnt_off00012a33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A33 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014245.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14245 19224 bytes
SHA-256: 8b30dee2f6dbb738241f8dc8d8f593193e83deafd4fe0f8df089277f469375bd