Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d980212989647e17…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 02:56:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 7a4f7d45e7785a80d6431920e013d928 SHA-1: 89606f32ec657fff327193c2be27c40c0fc20556 SHA-256: d980212989647e175a93a6635d51324e6f33bb9c0eda50b19bc948572b64492d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on disposable domains or compromised CMS uploads, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=natureza+humana+winnicott+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • http://sl-light.ru/design/img/upload/file/julefevetolora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://henklinders.nl/henklinders/upload/files/49950570257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baafbc386e5---11922821669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/247o6jd95vcdklunipu0s7ihf5/31734571026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hyundainhapkhau.vn/upload/files/15425751667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marklaliberte.com/fckupload/file/fikomar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laihoawedding.com/app/webroot/upload/files/49198738947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goodline.by/userfiles/file/lomobefuzajiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a78ae0dd8af---rokaxaronapoduriwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/955a8180cd11826219adeea58b9a3efd/65156280763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cdb29426b3---31717055092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aftaplan.com/works/peepsparty/html/upload_files/file/pakexidomok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608eb93b96d7e---52597648239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eksan-ltd.com/userfiles/file/bekenumolal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613504f015a1f---95389150009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd7f241e2b1---33028058675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160771b43571ad---40806909593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/72021135711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestorkate.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/73087990003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wavesmaroochydore.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8jum361cbjh3ml72bnkoat6ff9/roxoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdbailbonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37dec206c2e56ddf6cdbc5046a2c7263/64378188528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edarky.net/data/file/bidovuxeruvakuwepokom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5s1f8gtj6l2neek9cr9875scvm/zufitikijizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h556cvgtbhu8055chbdh2bfmt2/81478366097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://berkeleyhigh64.com/clients/9/99/99a482d4bd0dc5522cc24ea7f8204a07/File/59351129944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woodwork.pl/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/zameretanajudilesipojafif.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_off0000e53b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE53B 10940 bytes
SHA-256: 5f4bcb352b4287ab9b4edf35845554ad09479969bdcf1619743319da1310dd3d
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE7A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001168c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1168C 19092 bytes
SHA-256: 69c087c5e364fee861ba27698ffdb1b8d0c818d9cf432269ad6485173c47cf12