Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d2d75925716f0b6a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.6 KB Created: 2021-09-21 03:04:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 15c77db7b2c6b0b4ce78215f82c3eac4 SHA-1: e83dfbc268b815a729710bafd1ae8712789ebfb8 SHA-256: d2d75925716f0b6aafcff1a10e2ebf7d4d18b0e6b8cb23e502c8ac6df0108ffe
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://franciscovalles.comtraining.cl/userfiles/files/jirawixowojiwewi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xy-interior.com/uploads/files/202109152330439721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://star-transform-moscow.ru/uimg/files/kimebobaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhasachconggiao.com/luutru/files/bavinulita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cissud.eu/uploads/ck_editor/files/fafatazuxitodokazalilevig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://austdoorcaocap.com/upload/files/38483329043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arc-en-cielproduce.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vozib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hublihorse.com/uploads/userfiles/files/xuxamoroxopamutuwaburodag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patronusalapitvany.hu/public_html/upload/36182623365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sentralperdana.com/file/46073755744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sadex.pl/fck/file/losowojataxem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6u6rk2nhruqsn8plavn2jjhul9/xodepexifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvutot99.com/webroot/img/files/parilunediwinazixudebez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://secondhandgraphics.com/usrfiles/file/pobiwatetagar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kindytennis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e31a25d17f---2615893372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marikitaberbagi.com/userfiles/file/78553085779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614024074e75f---32916031423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haysalon.com/public_html/userfiles/file/kepurajit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gamjagolla.com/uploads/files/javadakezikazowezogixax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jsqnchem.com/upload/files/dapupijamabadovunuribapug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siphonicflowmandiri.com/upload/files/watubotuvovivigoxemuwob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96a00e05e2f8ebcdd5f4aa57f9e3dd6d/30181217063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+a+composite+number+examplePDF 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_off0000d2fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2FD 17260 bytes
SHA-256: e7dd50cc15214397dfcdadad107cc762e7bdb9a8420192dadc16c6a67fce9daf
font_01_sfnt_off0000ffb5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFB5 10972 bytes
SHA-256: 785cdd0aa61a5402a432c84658cf9d97104d43abd474023ff894e12644134db3
font_02_sfnt_off000118d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118D2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1