Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d09a8e87a3b68738…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.5 KB Created: 2021-07-28 10:12:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 129589c5164b37632c7a7151f93cbe1e SHA-1: 3d305fd7ddac71c2094e90d7db09286e6bf07f2c SHA-256: d09a8e87a3b6873893849eaefe68d32bfef4a1c74cbad919a3545ee9776b91e6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the malicious intent of luring users to download potentially harmful files. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 http://yulintimber.cn/d/files/mokabulatirajizel.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pferdefreunde-brueckenhof.de/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/niwasugesolebito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f312c9172d---84515904991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eko-inwest.eu/upload/file/83973749779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taipeitccia.org/CKEdit/upload/files/53809638689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smlstripedbass.com/home/rock/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99167620104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitness-sport.it/userfiles/file/nobowitamumenitad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourlightingbrand.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3357e04cfecda5650a3f1e94a3231fd2/83587374577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wadirumshootingstars.com/userfiles/file///puxati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eslms.com/userfiles/file/39942203290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093fbdf90812---jasipixavig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608de616e09ad---43471366671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082be561864c---xufobuzetedelaguresanomef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xedaptheduc.net/app/webroot/uploads/files/ginitukufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f52a6c2e83---90939534645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hasmow.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39899563305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/432f33c9f5fa57cc248eb9bf5357a528/99168986651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmsp-me.com/userfiles/files/dezavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zulilighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/068e574ff142986c6bf6e22e6e66a653/bidem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giga-tronics.com/userfiles/files/kefebewabawutut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://careoncall.in/userfiles/files/93052470317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adasms.fr/userfiles/file/19000021025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a820c3d9379---85244380975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rubivina.com/Images_upload/files/69778194145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab526c53a2d---rurufozubivuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+activate+cubase+licensePDF 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_off0000f55a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF55A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010d6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D6C 17728 bytes
SHA-256: b0ce26c0b9d9733c53fffcf6b0787e82fc594b0c84648f505f88f8d93cd92a89
font_02_sfnt_off00013c61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C61 10508 bytes
SHA-256: 3cd0af9a01a89cd2567923a7b7aaa90ac3612aa215ebe8f34925b50d26c7b7e8