Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d2a60c266259a78c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

106.0 KB Created: 2021-06-28 03:02:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: ec676b8cf02791e47a4ab26a6dc88682 SHA-1: 706241b218f986370ce57ebfca0d797ae40b2146 SHA-256: d2a60c266259a78c05b7fc1c1916884b01524b6e05f7899a48245c036ec3a964
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to trick users into downloading a malicious file. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, classifying it as a phishing trojan. The presence of numerous unknown URLs associated with compromised CMS uploads reinforces the phishing lure attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9910

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/i72emk6sok8e9nft3tr6dr5o18/jafujoxagelipaxuxagine.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://spheresignal.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/43550878387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vi4hjfqulto3fgrrq30m356vr7/51230979250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jjmassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06b5049418196df164caf1b48849d042/19714101039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/wujetopogipavusomaluteg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anupbolivia.com/images/files/zemapovodafenumewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf136ebb317---bitibepebirepewikizimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebel-guitars.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7282be89656443f9bf19c983706ec7bb/wijulowavepetanozafadusof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aadhar-interior.com/userfiles/file/17638884313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heracles-hotel.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6kou4ifn9fmdb7thhqavbjpe00/32461143354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magyaringatlanadatbazis.hu/dev/_user/file/vakonalivuvedomenujime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-manzokudou.com/yamituki-n/uploads/files/bixewamobeteko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://permianhighschool1970.com/clients/e/ef/efee9fcbc667252fc4b649c8163d3733/File/69221221884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607121b0519f2---guwinipazelirodaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a08b60a276---74083678206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinamex.info/uploads/news_file/sefigoloj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088e42ef1172---54175833291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vqdrhml9nccmq002dv23c477e0/metitiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tidurmalam.com/contents//files/wutixukefexoxowebamorake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a905c8ed5c4---62415037151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32981d1356a664db3553a2686ff94fb8/xabem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apotekatia.ba/fajlovi/nemawabeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=365+days+online+eng+sub+freePDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001222a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1222A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00013a41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A41 11160 bytes
SHA-256: 68edcaf542d94f39145b3a9c1bc1de75ba843cb8a0239499709db03ce9d4cbd4
font_02_sfnt_off00015440.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15440 18020 bytes
SHA-256: 53da6d091c641e45d55ffc84c2dbe662a31cf20ad7ee5871fefd6dd6fbbc573d
font_03_sfnt_off000183ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x183EE 16304 bytes
SHA-256: 541ebefda46f5eefae582ef34b6b5ca7e342dd51fc40a149fa32b93eb6ab40c9