Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d53a94c4fbcf5c6c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-09-04 22:52:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 07137c8b71fca783aa20c1d1e3fbe61f SHA-1: e876af864235f90db9d805ed8ba2e693eba44323 SHA-256: d53a94c4fbcf5c6c2280fb3e8a7debf17cb3816f137d0f24fdb826c959471eea
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The presence of a 'Download Now' lure and the ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' indicate a malicious intent to trick users into downloading further malware or visiting phishing sites. The ML classifier also strongly flagged this PDF as malicious.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sites+to+download+ebooks+in+pdf+format PDF link annotation
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ef9322d4b0---demelupikafemajem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4961e9b3cc---jupebolaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/13929445583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razdolle.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4831nmaruukipjivp61snoo9h3/57384531854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a95ddcc31dc43cc3e3726c9f07c562d5/31369620577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tasarimak.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81197906136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58f05a40f50c6c72bf7975e1b80f548c/todefimazizegufilopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yesilderecine.com/admin/editor_resim/file/81758705735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://babamoleskine.com/files/file/53348446484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://machinex-machines.com/UserFiles/File/89137255549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agencement-menuiserie-var.fr/stockages/files/vedowajeror.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azulejositurry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f7b2g66d2licnl9k4j6sok591/83145935182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03f6b52458917346ad4bc907dc9870f9/butagojixamosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35a328d9580ebf20eac745f10f806440/jamepubawibokun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c2ec603f90---fusopexejebuxoxiwere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078ba89b9480---jadewekano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612c870e9c78c---41103576959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608995cb1d60e---mijirixukobumafajizisema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080a36192c13---2434445730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/156fc2187bca1fbabe4ff43650ed24a9/40087671278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conganbacgiang.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/84201338065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sammycar.ch/sammy/sites/default/sammyfiles/newsletterfile/bapagorifimuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xaydungdonggia.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/vibakajenepenaselili.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_off0000d4c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4C7 16776 bytes
SHA-256: 8c29eb1c46a8f8f55c33f5b00347d3ee0baaf52a61ceb2c9c8bd35609aa8c452
font_01_sfnt_off00010019.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10019 11052 bytes
SHA-256: 97153d35edc9c754b5ac0544cebd84fd8d650e4bc52830f942e9660805ca0e47
font_02_sfnt_off000119a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119A3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1