Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d0516a8756bf7dd0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-08-21 13:55:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: e53abce61cc6b4656898479ee82a4c13 SHA-1: de76028eb2389b3f7f5fc648999ad6f10aec7a21 SHA-256: d0516a8756bf7dd0bfb88ae30ef7e4b29828a16f68af1d76d3e5865f14d50ca0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The file contains a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites, designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3e179a087d---kowagozix.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lws-realestate.com/userfiles/files/nonadixav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agiusfuneraldirectors.com/files/file/90948209468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aildf.in/userfiles/file/52016336740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a354689d00abf32576f4d479c141543/dosudekumowuvezurunofok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangprice.combangprice.com/beta/cms_image/file/dukejoguvupazimufigemave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fa3f01aa45a48d77af6681c5e740d70/75198733666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.citysecurity.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7oahivs4ch5qa2f7klha1jo023/47015363372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7a5c0bd658---77403454403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9cea0c6c55---gekaboveruluvofagapebof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acornschoolcharleston.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7adc6ca496fbc472f69da8966a30191c/97773586043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://francois-daulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dedesomepabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plswa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f335491b814cf805345e096bf04f139/64353808654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160985bef1e6f8---duwalavebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodcomputers.ro/2664/uploads/fufotojovidomijubetodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/53767077366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anandtouristcorporation.com/uploads/tovikivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cgbk9dc4jg6tqvtaevqcp7ddef/mimatusonafem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tempegaring.com/contents//files/21865691919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://healhumanity.foundation/userfiles/file/gawakugusezaledul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rcot.by/pics/files/36642688215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1c6b8621937cbcdf58056626917def2/42844166301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab452c0be57---77042596534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=volkswagen+jetta+2017+owners+manualPDF 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_off0000e845.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE845 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001005c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1005C 11080 bytes
SHA-256: 3984e39778e02313018e063b6069dc3daf873b0e2f2a59ba67f91772cc6d0278
font_02_sfnt_off00011a7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A7A 17244 bytes
SHA-256: 0a2b77f1d70b7421d64cc36107686fa8df85ab67f0b7af257c433afbecfa5905