Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d934aa2b06497b2e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-17 13:33:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: ff98b9ae80e409aed96d6ccdd00c405c SHA-1: a1a221bc1e235d1b2c2601764dc41130a46f421c SHA-256: d934aa2b06497b2e493a0cfe1a8d81d23d16031552d1792e19fbe513694dcadb
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Multiple heuristics point to the document acting as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting sites, likely to facilitate the download of further malware. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://thaide.org/userfiles/file/vegimiwebimekizogeka.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://miyagi.chi-kara.net/Upload/files/bajujejewazaziwanepetusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valeaflorilor.ro/img/uploads/file/88806311069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewastexperts.com/userfiles/files/xopeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aajude.pt/backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tozolekivaxedogogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massintech.ru/img/outer/files/17684673943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malopolskiszlakwinny.pl/upload/File/tepakutimupanujuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eb9efb1aa3---35548975618.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/77322517777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161408f1e95a9a---2656151441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vh90malc941giqe7n60id0cutt/91722353913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevennews.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vakuwajugixarakutufapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itidharamshala.in/images/uploads/files/novezezezef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thailaundry.com/imgUpload/files/rewomuxidugagepez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161344c3dd1b06---pofezutuwurasodagap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://embassyinvietnam.com/webroot/img/files/68834302158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ww150006.linebot.net/upfile/files/20210916155222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140215f41773---vilakati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sskj.pl/userfiles/file/pobelejeninu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soalmatematik.com/userfiles/file/90346849988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halead.com/uploadfile/1631829150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liqaa-lb.com/files/userfiles/files/47093549788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://selidbe-beograd.info/files/wulanelizuforuburawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=download+bigo+live+mod+apk+full+unlocked+unlimited+diamonds+updatePDF 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_off0000e171.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE171 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f983.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF983 17776 bytes
SHA-256: 55857cf6ca3077bef723a1c01b0628a422fc45f7becd00cbfa6466ecfe75cb93
font_02_sfnt_off00012791.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12791 11348 bytes
SHA-256: 0cf9d206825d3c8a8b982ae613232f7034c539443117984b7fec73e7657631d7