Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d04a925e1776e60f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.3 KB Created: 2021-09-16 04:52:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 506d9f0af81ed72581f99593519d74c6 SHA-1: 73be1179739de165d84a5a02e771b4cca0b52c3d SHA-256: d04a925e1776e60f53102817bd21358ba1110379c0d34aeb35b6c9c3815664c2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://ecole.ru/text/images/file/18947046894.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://danieldesignpro.com/userfiles/86702153571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kronospan-mofa-hungary.hu/editor_up/tijigibal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artwatch.ru/userfiles/file/96719679773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metafelix.it/userfiles/files/zewigasatexofogarared.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132b1540d237---sugepuzugewisazatobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://firesystem.ro/imagini_ws/bunimakasixopub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://touristclub.in/userfiles/file/varetimib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161317bf97e319---pekux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.otevrenysklep.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sevupiwanap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kd-council.com/upfile/files/51506286254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614292eee90c5---2085263128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ab1a9a.xn--p1ai/sadm_files/11226422462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transcash.com/ci/userfiles/files/4724905276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosenstein.lu/userfiles/files/reruxudumazolelenajovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portalcom-b2b.es/img/user//file/_0435750001630599904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enjoy.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/16166873847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.la-rocca.pl/app/webroot/files/files/5850519063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161395a661939a---ziwupazejiralil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hantverkarenisandby.se/UserFiles/files/rijowega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tbsva.org/Upload/files/20210901072016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itfkarnataka.com/cvsprojects/SSK/Source/2.0.0/images/files/moniweragowoderul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://healingtown.org/userData/board/file/sagijimubefuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://misbahelmudii.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43928482736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=123movies+watch+your+favorite+moviesPDF 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_off00010eb8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EB8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000126ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126CA 19432 bytes
SHA-256: 4479f0fa92e1bbd34916af38891698c0d31e959953b0cbd4a1f5bb4f1e5d73da
font_02_sfnt_off00015986.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15986 11064 bytes
SHA-256: 9f623f2693fdce3c8ce14a83cb65b4f7bf25c533ffa18b2b516bbe32dd007b9a