Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d7c224752b400f7b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-06-29 08:38:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 6b55e048b831798dda92e97149d1cbe7 SHA-1: a84abe1c1a48a6ed3f65f33d298927237afda46b SHA-256: d7c224752b400f7bb52bb4ad4ae889cbc2b1bfc26a20cbc1439f9fe02e6aaba4
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to compromised websites, suggesting it is part of a link farm designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://cukiernia-waltar.pl/qcms/userfiles/file/jamadi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://rcot.org/userfiles/file/fibadapupuwedeturetixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lifestaralberta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b179c01721---87805096604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bomberosdenavarra.com/userfiles_nexo/files/65620036092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parejalecaros.com/adjunto/upload/fck/files/97256254991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digemnd.com/UserFiles/file/95560543692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getampedmag.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92031568335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.propertyfilevault.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d76317cb06d17438b6bdcc28d40410ef/7837624715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kalirich.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef1rhkgo5cl62253lbj87kvvk5/godelatekak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.djluk.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p4u473bopkhrdhmpluhh06nr73/99889137465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrpst.pl/userfiles/file/96332091055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27glo5bdbtdk5bq7subjjph245/8527695690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/zobevizosijoliduguniweso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioscapindandrea.it/userfiles/files/jokixadaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f5ce239186---86717562773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l6vt6lr0bo0tpfhtvm4qcn98c2/mutivik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078fb66982e7---71738351695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dalaichau.com/files/wuwol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8t5ng151n82md0s7qsu63incg/43263872558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fa74570b97---raruwoxulubamonagonutazen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uqe3cp4klt4i4tees2eij4sqgf/zegezuxazed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allcreaturesinc.com/files/files/kirejulasawujaxiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/499e9226eaeb3f5ff8f225a44b31344d/juzomabezupunokajagog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-15/20210515205205324019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=change+pdf+file+to+word+document+onlinePDF 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_off0000dff6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFF6 11116 bytes
SHA-256: ed9c98ac4fd9beb737147d0606a41d94770ad9136d23859e489fe2e34b030438
font_01_sfnt_off0000f990.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF990 16856 bytes
SHA-256: dd810f326633419fb3800638da8a107cab708744945e8c8d33e0b701160e62a0
font_02_sfnt_off00012574.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12574 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1