Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 df262f64321c1178…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.8 KB Created: 2021-08-11 02:41:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 3a313ed568cdfc059d499bfe572fa269 SHA-1: 0d0a14cda918f8703ad9481adb2ff89f5f00f871 SHA-256: df262f64321c117879dac0b9a01b3196ee26bafc862d90bd20b5a33d8ad91800
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports this. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or delivering a secondary payload.

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 https://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ap+module+grade+10+unit+4+answer+key PDF link annotation
    • https://mcq-exambd.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22666422935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19orgaej733nuc2ssjv1487vnl/xonenorodiwazazogovive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rotudavid.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4007134520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.picmephotoboothhire.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608112b788184---25670514935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6590e947da59307e8f809b9efe961182/bikifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poexali.org/static/image/_u/system/files/26990066170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://audreyheselmans.com/_files/file/98925760146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afb4fe6675c---12808881794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjjiffy.com/upload/41765488030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-kamen.com/userfiles/file/muzesozixesaguwakil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50d4b703d24a480e86d45c62624a7597/xagosafig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609886ade5a3a---5945836186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cd68d784ea---legako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dogable.de/userfiles/file/47886852751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fd783e3c3d---kipaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2d7e547788ac75a5c3a5af4afdf58e6/wejimul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f17859dbf8---dupatadak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd3498d9cde---bafenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9535be4eb0---nemiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://efnnma.org/files/file/nefiturufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ofertaromania.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26613670816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamitobe.ru/files/file/xuwilegoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaptenhoki.info/contents//files/xizabazudiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://��������.����/forums/topic/grade-10-science-module-teacher-039-s-guide-unit-2-634/In 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_off0000f650.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF650 11360 bytes
SHA-256: bb87ee9c762cb27aef3d4582eaf4d493b12b1b1d30f1c3e7f821879d32e1ed75
font_01_sfnt_off000110fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110FD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001290f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1290F 19232 bytes
SHA-256: fd923ebdf4ca6fd3154b096ed8b8da30eae2d35b872f6849188830ac2c289e7f