Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d2e1e4a16cd618d9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 00:19:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: e3ad31d2566c40e57ca54adc27f9a982 SHA-1: 054143719847548482a7b4c94259ca5afadeb267 SHA-256: d2e1e4a16cd618d9e0ab24973def3e1f1e3376452e144e7bddc2b2d183480962
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, many of which are configured to serve files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading malware disguised as legitimate software or files. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports this phishing-like behavior.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=anger+of+stick+4+mod+apk+unlimited+gems+and+gold+download PDF link annotation
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16108674c44d21---fivupabebora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://colegiumaniucarei.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96011789023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609068c3e4913---pujobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5qml13vqaoe3ch49q032jgmb1/39399060176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cv692fgqttu2rdfl4bqbf083ol/labomedesiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.apsetedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d25039f3bb---87323857134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba6c44308bd---desokapetujafavoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://araonline.hu/uploads/file/jazepilolufutukuvifudoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160869d2447674---51925022430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://graffitipaintstudio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b473da9ff563607c437cf7e3fb5edaf1/jipizipate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lovesushiscv.com/uploads/files/pigukob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.totalblissbeauty.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63598945097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mineraux-et-lithotherapie.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/25010454600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094419b9a0bb---70319522288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baxsporthorses.nl/userfiles/file/juporagaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f652b8d35c---gabefavuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d5085bcec29944dce04024cba5cbf0d/wijikova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9dqp4gqbdf0emq67vquk2shkl3/wanizazunikunupawuvojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce07d254e8---51495035814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3fe6975282e217ad0789c4560dfdebd/tapenodow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607316401a47d---8184824401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e100.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE100 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f917.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF917 11300 bytes
SHA-256: 6d69380c6f930f32d1a735603e6ae16cb5d52a35678a56c3f17ae4fa192cdb3e
font_02_sfnt_off0001138e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1138E 18220 bytes
SHA-256: a6e42d3cdc950b1122767036f6ab43db44f58eb4a537a73bf1c780270df7d191