Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d442e391236acf10…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.9 KB Created: 2021-09-09 11:09:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: a7518756143a3a335280bad79dceb974 SHA-1: 7723db6d5dddc4651233531d83694b979d9eb96a SHA-256: d442e391236acf10a65985d26645c91802bdd70e64ea7e5332dd46169d83e072
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which appear to be hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 http://rambud.pl/uploaded/file/nedibulubepizuzam.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zzquansu.cn/d/files/fenawafifos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133ee634b12b---sipan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strandedtattoo.com/file/78991569986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.18fire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c21fbc6077a54476f616522b6f8f0b67/rizupax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keluargamimpi.com/contents/files/walizomes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fullx.net/files/89329359495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613857fc9d735---kuzineve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8df0cbd154aaf98efe8410a5e2b687e8/10099113225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/88672491436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greatwalledmond.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wagikumidazuxutunew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarica.com.tr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/burawemiropubusuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prmakeup.com/Image/files/nusefalivenagafage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4vharehns5li5qrp6f88pu373/66976463132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130fe0c172ac---43115822225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dananeye.com/uploads/files/202109020812577058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fujiya-la.com/uploads/files/sagekibanidujisemar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132ee150d894---bazuvenolexutiwigipavepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://galaxytraining.examinationonline.com/files/tomexovusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ljjxmining.com/uploadfile/file///2021090119004324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://godahoian.com/app/webroot/upload/files/wapilisipowizakebibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masukpt2.com/contents/files/pikanowujorifopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://demo-jesma.shopcloud.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77392561384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=sniper+3d+hack+mod+apkPDF 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_off0000d47c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD47C 17316 bytes
SHA-256: d4b1aec96e8ea3ebea9d06d2ecfc1868ce1acdc32e998eb26928b1ef3e22117a
font_01_sfnt_off00010173.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10173 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001198a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1198A 10808 bytes
SHA-256: 850e66e15cad4a9e79a60b127fa8605c0c7264c7f16469a68b8568fc62a0bf99