Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 da741b30cc105a95…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-13 05:53:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: bac3464154972aa41cb7d65bddbce135 SHA-1: e46f1ba5718adacd1b896ec02dd80a3753fdcb7f SHA-256: da741b30cc105a95b753d81a0c651425a675e9430844f1a4c017114ad1bc229b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a link farm hosted on multiple compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to trick users into downloading malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL heuristics point towards a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131c7f165e04---lanomiwapemuxinojelikeme.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kemxoithanhhang.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/jufema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khachsan295doson.vn/namthuan/images/news/files/80771032692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koyomisushi.com/uploads/files/xagitevevepabij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecsun-moscow.ru/docs/file/98248073511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oilbasaro.com/web/images/ckfinder/files/20210905132059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://materialdeestudo.top/userfiles/files/daxafebonatesifimabuxeniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hftyby.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-2/20210902080154102296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redondoclassicburger.com/uploads/files/84903149959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://franciscojaviermoreno.com/DocsCKeditor/files/89618658212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bobmeetin.com/media/galleries/files/6617716082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1613980881aa77---gadusugojanowiwuwaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baliretreatcenter.com/olabali_ci/media/images/newsfiles/10954589317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valencia.thepokeluau.com/uploads/files/26507592708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135e42c66d4a---demezofibigojawonuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceccargiurgiu.ro/userfiles/file/55921325663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e3fa08b202---54030891960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bharatiyabhashaparishad.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xanagotapugeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmnavarra.es/ckeditor/files/dawodemaronuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bordadoindustrial.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/regavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immobilieninvestors.com/userfiles/file/xaxepejox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rvhifi.cz/files/file/26064470722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f84641acfa672c6f7c3746c552ed6ac/gawokuradogivobuboboxesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+make+space+on+androidPDF link annotation
    • http://zs.tom.ru/jsplugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sogifovewovepebasikoda.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_off0000e1e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1E3 10796 bytes
SHA-256: ba2eb4234c4d7505f90c8fc319f1459a49914a1d0d261b0fe71b7c4b9b9bcd7c
font_01_sfnt_off0000fac4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAC4 18020 bytes
SHA-256: 01ace958adfea19661726e77685d51c64a30219e3b5de0ca2ece107430f2abb8
font_02_sfnt_off00012922.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12922 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1