Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d6e4f27ec3e4eb69…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-03 13:30:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: c7d83c5925be4004d618a0acdbb0cf5d SHA-1: 2d186afb1076d3169fa124e3957541a23b34c64b SHA-256: d6e4f27ec3e4eb692d30d915c5c511e9ff87423c6ef2322495afd26ba3eb7005
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 sites and disposable hosting, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to distribute malware. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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 http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9bba247ed0---sibutumepa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://infotechloyalty.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/lazovugej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8aa87e918481c23d94fc3051bdb93e2a/8999397216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160923542d1992---kobemifogazavedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duoctruongxuan.vn/userfiles/image/file/2400642836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laihoawedding.com/app/webroot/upload/files/94841162493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpotplace.com/uploads/files/zaruforobuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.knickmeier.net/images/pageimg/file/lovodajobitem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sns-russia.ru/userfiles/file/matotuguwazixonuwodesona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a54f788e487---zajorebifukavejejojizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611819fb7719a---38782831516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.microsinusectomi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160767094a3d09---19938110702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aotwresort.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nugewigovokizopuguxowef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schooldistrictservices.com/clients/f/f6/f6ab1571d2cdf5e569af7b76e288b17c/File/49326086962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/koreml2fhpptfkenflmvb9je46/nogozixis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098052c7fd31---musoxaduvabowewodaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmychadla.eu/UserFiles/File/nevasidisegelakilexufajug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fa82846883---41584949054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hondamienbac.vn/userfiles/file/14132879684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marty-triple-m.ch/inhalt/files/95434507960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europawindow.com/app/webroot/img/main_content/files/70818600091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=multiplying+fractions+by+whole+numbers+with+models+worksheetsPDF 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_off0000d911.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD911 11592 bytes
SHA-256: ec73d208fea5dff0d93553901e259251b7b2a92cd48bbe6bd39e5b0dedb30942
font_01_sfnt_off0000f415.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF415 18276 bytes
SHA-256: b2335c8ef7356b433d892b410a7ee676297949e2192661922f57bfc3c2022540
font_02_sfnt_off00012326.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12326 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1