Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d442a2e7236078ea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-09-08 02:54:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: e8217f0714c2eb2e3f9322fdb5ff96f7 SHA-1: d8effcd1e51eeb852caabda7adbc615f06e1ae54 SHA-256: d442a2e7236078ea38cd9ba8de956d463f17972eb49b2d78eb815e632b0c88fe
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The PDF contains numerous links to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports this, aiming to trick users into downloading a malicious payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://arhometutor.com/userfiles/file/dujovokomapew.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c7fa38c773---risuluvuzafojureto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c86ec00e9de---61080373097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sintellect.ru/Repository/file/rofajika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birzebbugastpetersfc.com/files/file/32727752002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hbfilm.ca/resimler/files/fakabupiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160820ca40e694---6667049823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regiefranchet.fr/userfiles/files/41595312332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anticacarsulaeborzoi.eu/userfiles/files/dixarakukewak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://begemot-rus.com/uploadfiles/file/2021081919015973499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-9/20210509224840661753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d8ea919672---tozexakeberoxerosumajex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3793966f97---66337157228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba4b03e5565---92835768915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hglobaltourb2c.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210905_5ECFFC8FA082AD8B.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liily.jp/upload/file/20210908075259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuanlongland.com/upload/files/88766422541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a70fdbddc02---92069867158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2633ebc55f5e557f6752da6b4868afa3/sijokurumorenuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://residenciasanamaro.es/userfiles/files/gatamuropubozokamefopitiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://violetstudio.in/userfiles/file/zebobepuberukoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guides2alpes.fr/uploads/file/zulaxepekezisuwijumapodel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matras-devison.ru/upload/file/mokux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=obat+anti+jamur+pdfPDF 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_off0000f34c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF34C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010b63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B63 10588 bytes
SHA-256: 6aa351c72e73fe1fe71302d0410f921ea60e2206cf2ba3e7f06b9e6c73c1fc6f
font_02_sfnt_off0001234c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1234C 18952 bytes
SHA-256: ad69fcde2133bc9a1c2d91cc965f8382cc3bc2a256bddea38c15579ce03050a8