Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d7086d90a68e53a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-08-06 14:17:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 180e3daacfe0012a65fe4d847a89c381 SHA-1: 97a2020fdb2b1494613e7795e7bbe62a5afb7707 SHA-256: d7086d90a68e53a1ef0d5c668cbec53cb60bb1aeb5b075b9b0dfcdf41a3eebab
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external PDF files, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://myredm.ru/uploads/file/73825524579.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://rpitrade.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32640816984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forumhotel.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ljr7a13tiucf5a1gbkh1mjats4/nujiviso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monuments-msk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e106559fa4f003524de3fbc3fdc44b27/67533979451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bacdcc2aa6---xivazonegejefoxajoman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digimaap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eh4179h9bvil0pv8l8vatrvla9/kanuliwemoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinivetmadonnadirosa.eu/userfiles/files/zadaribolazijivedumetub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malashealthcare.com/userfiles/files/bomujolevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hangmandigital.com/files/file/96611648902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6d18494bbc---4325584472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zionapostolicministries.org/uploads/file/sanukaluzujexamixuwos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dok-vo.ru/userfiles/file/92441946979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082088c71853---34533141287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nationshield.ae/userfiles/files/zileradolenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2809852ea3---99648174390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f27943d52a---vefutajavesab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.varishastalari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089a73436cab---86125328623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4d6edc04cf---veditosukapawasepuruwaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goez3.com/10005001208290177/ckfinder/userfiles/files/givibabewalige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kythuatviet.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/85610503335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fructusartis.com/i/File/95300139098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jpind.pl/userfiles/file/fodalutuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bawaconstructions.com/editorData/file/23914551393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hindel-relax.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24615374363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=frsky+r9+slim+plus+manualPDF 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_off0000d13b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD13B 19388 bytes
SHA-256: c5c35491b175b93933d8253f20d679c5cba4cbdf51d11d0886b3d9cf82ed58fb
font_01_sfnt_off000101ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101CE 10512 bytes
SHA-256: 9d51f7a13a908b021b7873832284e65dae234fcc889f949c1d19c80828d3282f
font_02_sfnt_off000119a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119A3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1