Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 da59a152c0877686…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.9 KB Created: 2021-09-25 13:53:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: f1decb7c9f9bfdf517dcee6db876ca2c SHA-1: f10910b8b361bb068c3677f678078a2dc903b11d SHA-256: da59a152c08776868a894371142a76dde6cea870d04aaedc10760f15204a6795
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF is identified as a phishing lure due to its image-only nature and a click-outward action. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, including WordPress uploads, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9954

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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.
  • 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=imo+b+group+hack+apps+download PDF link annotation
    • https://babetravelling.com/ckfinder/userfiles2/files/runapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangprice.com/bangprice.com/beta/cms_image/file/maxokemaripuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mishelik.ru/userfiles/file/dekemuropujov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thomsonindia.com/userfiles/files/losolakadofesinokezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modaxch.com/userfiles/files/64522150492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barcelonacentromedico.es/files/galeria/files/43174523509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simp-q.ru/userfiles/file/gajozofavek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geo-equipe.it/userfiles/files/govatumodavumaburuxukis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145e9c5460cb---60111507971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614dbce23a554---zufobaxiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laboratoriodiprogettazione-ve.it/userfiles/files/fabiregepubaseki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myflora888.com/ck_files/files/40553035103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sklenicky-obchod.cz/web/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/99438217658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anctools.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91687613698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614a476898e33---50697753892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://connect-event.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14233368905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jsptti.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54818608820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2ds-creations.fr/userfiles/file/7006518620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trenermichal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144c9d40dccd---93816320944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mp8upjphjd38tmcchv27fqs1s0/xiduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bftt.marketsearching.com/upload/files/janokixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161382e1d0f89d---39522074878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://escolaalfa.com/userfiles/file/71566161842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3grbkobjp187139aukt01qlb7l/dexirafobagida.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_off0000afa9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAFA9 14220 bytes
SHA-256: dea193a6a8157eedf0f1afe921e483885a4bb7488b2cd8b6bdcdb9fb67a19ce8
font_01_sfnt_off0000d337.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD337 11008 bytes
SHA-256: 7934305a80b347a4e5ee996254d65de10531be983fafd6a34fb2ed818d2e5aeb
font_02_sfnt_off0000ec41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC41 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1