Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d785568447ce1b6a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.7 KB Created: 2021-09-26 00:08:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 364da53bd19e1559bdef07abb584dbff SHA-1: fe665fd754927708e97bf47075298f5ee8b9db4c SHA-256: d785568447ce1b6a84d92800649acd3e8e569a9ce5a01fcf4feaa9a68cf5b9e0
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating it's an image-based lure designed to trick users. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or scam attempt. No scripts were extracted, but the primary attack pattern involves directing users to external malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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.
  • 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://nextlab-semi.com/files/fckeditor/file/nixavozajufi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cdb165e0f53f5c7d7da0356bb615188/boxixeputot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proleague.dk/userfiles/file/36791107393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingcraftviet.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/vasalibep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasargod.net/uploads/file/92474399524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://headrepublic.pl/images/files/64771982770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.renouer-auxerre.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dawuvuzekatidopusikakide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viveironativodevicosa.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gexuriborus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ocvitlucky.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/budawubumizamiluzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverhouse.at/pcms/content/file/53809555130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.instalacionescueto.com/nueva/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73182720301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abhimaninteriors.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95179213217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metall-press.ru/files/87842780818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s-serviss.lv/userfiles/file/20931261380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acm-medicali.it/userfiles/files/22588497872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tianlanlawyer.com/filespath/files/20210901055658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tyrtaios.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tetunugixomesopob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614d03b0f0cd5---luguwinigoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b8137f2fb8---tizuribaxax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yeosung21.or.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1631082731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7cd91ee4db0f37a21c899c5d1e9daf79/vibodamikolofevelosule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voziky-paletove.cz/mctree.cz/pictures/other/files/71125886583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olgapolyakova.de/files/files/87047114839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2vakamut70joqgh63ldftm6arb/29766689387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=mobdro+download+app+for+pc+apk+android+%26+iphone+freePDF 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_off0000b268.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB268 14012 bytes
SHA-256: a4a46210e4d16a7c47f41939230d13add9a4a6e6392a081aaeef5b1cd1a1e0ef
font_01_sfnt_off0000d4f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4F5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ed0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED0C 10528 bytes
SHA-256: 75b140a4e5e82bbbed1514c9433b960f2d81dc9b8916942520cadad95c9a9dc0