Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d456bf6d010335a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-07-20 21:44:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: a18be86eadbf8b6797daee153df373ae SHA-1: 3856ba37189624dbda3f82d47bc00939886fa829 SHA-256: d456bf6d010335a9fbd2142eb09adecfdafc81ada253c37c8c32e551a82b766c
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link T1071.001 Web Protocols T1553.005 Security Software Installation

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, likely intended to host malicious content. The document also includes an instruction to disable security software, indicating a deliberate attempt to bypass defenses and facilitate further compromise. The presence of numerous links on potentially compromised infrastructure suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Security software disable instruction high SE_SECURITY_BYPASS
    Document instructs the user to disable antivirus or security software — unusual for ordinary documents and high-risk in an unsolicited file
  • 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://www.dramayaramendes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca80af2a1d---wogizogepixugijenakilidi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.cenlaenvironmental.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/nuvab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1e34080e2d---gadopebezefisamabofudok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160987110cb249---55083518238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aranykoronakft.hu/userfiles/file/dipajixuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atthaya.com/file_media/file_image/file/45253018453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.popcaffe.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad8c8213543c398827b5e648d6a5d8f4/34804393186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opakowania-loga.pl/zdjecia/fotki/file/57100363237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081d91941e69---dutisasapidil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedule-plachty.cz/files/file/91030595788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://meesens.be/KrMee/Tekstverwerker/jekasanododisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellerflows.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54c1194d6eb9e67a664e69b5b545c32e/27594080369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n33in6fvbblp85a9nmed8elaco/fibusise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muzeumostrowiec.pl/obrazy/file/81016589108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160708ded533b2---8043333547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a71344e8450---18892654292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://walkofagesvt.org/clients/0/0e/0e42319052772b195a43ba3ede0f03e0/File/bavinololi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ztkammer.at/uploads/file/mapejisolesowivenupuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nova-auto.com/upload/mujux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dhs1959reunion.com/clients/871764/File/zorakuxopolagasemojif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a52313ab0f---34726766763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adsbudget.net/userfiles/file/91576399627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synergytaekwondo.com/click2buy_newp/userfiles/file/rejinapeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d56c1b675cf86def9faae23143a07d01/44663407004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=ryse+son+of+rome+torrentPDF 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_off0000f026.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF026 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001083d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1083D 10236 bytes
SHA-256: 956985ca3c04e1bb076c753034a0a2a7a655b3a61650e259337a0f4935dee2cf
font_02_sfnt_off00011f43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F43 18084 bytes
SHA-256: a2657a82c5ea9548b036329fceeffdfde104b31160db9dba2c67a929f49f0559