Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 da8e5526e8e9bdf1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.3 KB Created: 2021-09-06 23:12:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 915aaa5d1ec3e339aae3a31b8119f615 SHA-1: ac1fb6893f6012ba702663e4fa7716afbf62f5a6 SHA-256: da8e5526e8e9bdf110ebcd3e91f3e4489820b0bbb8d1e3d0e71370e679c9a481
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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
  • 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://rulife.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kibepasa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://trenermichal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607158e327f26---lemigixokeperu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fontanarosaserigrafia.it/userfiles/file/pojipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://praconsulgroup.ru/pict/file/gewunopujakurufamutagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geopraxis.it/userfiles/files/16536665767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b90f9753666---fapemukugurugevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prospr.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/davox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/59208117918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melinterior.ru/userfiles/files/76966014244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ea29ac769f---sukinanijitororedulipifot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a73744b44e2---lobedeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ajgc2e28ljfsje3p3h8cupckd/21016082864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c03084096f7f5e6cdaf2df46ece946f/91304911916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de1e49006fba93be4fd353cfa6842a35/66132221044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hadt.vn/upload/files/39258624276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vanprodukt.cz/UserFiles/File/65983790114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089149f1bc28---40066078053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konemara.hu/userfiles/file/bogumekapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uk-finansist.ru/userfiles/file/35087051644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf1b3f0852865415f63262e904b818ec/10766176280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095d14895521---difewavetazefevetulez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmusicfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7577a4m6i5spmt8elje8ilt021/43739952694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=convert+word+to+pdf+nitro+proPDF 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_off0000d4d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4D8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ecea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECEA 16916 bytes
SHA-256: 45e12d5237f6e8e302cd0c141e20036d9f4018bca32e64f6bd624dd7a0de1dfc
font_02_sfnt_off000118b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118B9 10300 bytes
SHA-256: 74ea0e56ddb5f36958373c95d1626052170c9bb4d3fc326c3e28ce0b8355546e