Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d94ffb0f56fe0ec5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.8 KB Created: 2021-09-12 02:45:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: d3064ebfc2b82af86cf29f628566a0db SHA-1: 3d5b63a47819e5aabfbd2231f052aba6706e9fb2 SHA-256: d94ffb0f56fe0ec504020e1cabbfcfc196261837cc4698b0c1ba8b52264b13da
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://dominopark.pl/public/upload/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5889689677.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133fa291d39a---bekogudaziriwivurigoduba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nceed.kr/pds/userfiles/files/64836607554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dnsbp.com/all4help/fckuserfiles/file/9433583601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mylodge-naoshima.com/images/blog/file/pivasaraweduxafojonax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://one9five.com/userfiles/files/noduketesurejaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ta-taiwan.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/7609944172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161304e441e6dc---73937352455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erdenetpost.mn/userfiles/files/nogaloxogotevokowubolegam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://copingconversations.com/userfiles/file/konokogipidariduwenoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phongkhamthienhoa.vn/images/files/xewafigudorisilisuvexez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a5033c4ecca2ea6f3b00cb94165db0d/zusujugedonaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lanaecoloridabruzzo.it/userfiles/file/razupedurip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lammermoor.net/imagenes/file/poxojemogulesuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/11304183558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e24dd920a1c25e6f6cc0c546b0643a72/65404149841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audyt.rowerowaszkola.pl/imgturysta/files/46578738704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettobotteonpierpaolostudioabacus.it/userfiles/files/xalumasitowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imcborivali.org/userfiles/file/zuxozisinopumar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yule-sign.com/upload/editor/file/20210908232443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanajp2.com/contents/files/35632999205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://closehorses.com/userfiles/file/85579330084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161358832e3894---68563901827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspaeng.com/files/image/files/benuduzagejilabudon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=the+manga+fashion+bible+pdfPDF 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_off0000c195.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC195 16912 bytes
SHA-256: d55541cf58971c9db45cc31f497ed5971447cf1a2d8e00bc8b5d213f6326b7fb
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED3C 10848 bytes
SHA-256: c3238195ad9a1768a933d56c7dd6c81fa33e6f18153f66e4b5beae7b3c27d0e4
font_02_sfnt_off00010595.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10595 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1