Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d911bcc9124b30f5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.4 KB Created: 2021-06-28 02:17:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: dd65a5f623854e4ed45e02a0d76c8869 SHA-1: 45ff015ab274595acd7f42d3a9192639a8eda556 SHA-256: d911bcc9124b30f59546515dd699f5983dd5ff95e5585f534b03f0bb0985af67
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

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 WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting sites, likely serving as a lure for users to download further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports this phishing-like attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mage+the+ascension+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607018cf8add6---80290858602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solyaris.pro/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rajezegoburalumuseroduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohost.ru/pics/images/file/litugadakurowob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076ae5fc41e8---51831824539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1ae3fb04d6---noxozawijovusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080966d702a5---daketobujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ff606edb7ecfe5d2162094d737d9dc7/bukigusimuwamezidevakid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cee6aca576a---xezavuvuwemetanexaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://area5srl.it/file/91704344768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0570a0c8c5---xorikezazidexonilovoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mfdesign.hu/files/file/19645616723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30db7fd9d0a2f84578e1c3e465d34652/75025601460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engineeredrepinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37f21e11b968103e349ff0d6dc8aeba3/3365961629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playerpress.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/safulusuxisekifurebibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doanhnghiepvietnam.org/img_duhoc/files/memavegazelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paroissedementon.fr/upload/files/mifodinedolajunen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b69e832c7e3068d48712582385a51ba/32281174975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0d1e670b79---1753017669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d68bcfb4eb2369c80d9e747179f2426f/54544503727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f550d8893f---85141965816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automotiveenergy.cz/userfiles/file/kogevaweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073b1cf6e508---dobepopupevibofunazofosut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gbeequestriansurfaces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mng1vivafmm76na2snt9cko31k/kapowalepedunem.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_off0000c359.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC359 17104 bytes
SHA-256: a3ed680b34601506c375a5dd2905ac6f31ead4d7f8dd2fdff0c962034939221a
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF4A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010761.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10761 10880 bytes
SHA-256: 35449fb7dc35e624be7ea4cb43e39d608c3471989a46e072c62bd536c273d90e