Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 df4ad4cdddb86637…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.7 KB Created: 2021-06-30 05:37:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 34f5e167c9bd42450ebe97a1b0e1dce5 SHA-1: b5ef25a5cded56a3ffabe8fe5d72a3b00c6312e0 SHA-256: df4ad4cdddb866379d325d48c8182b4ce7e314330e13161d958d32fa2d8351e5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to various PDF files hosted on potentially compromised websites. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

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://paklya.su/design/img/upload/file/lipebatategufexiguxoteli.pdf
    • http://cokhibaosang.com/media/ftp/file/kekisanowojebivaj.pdf
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160743581a4cea---23161714305.pdf
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cd10bf62b4d8943577147b05e9f3258/biwewufevajese.pdf
    • http://elfuklid.cz/foto/Image/file/21467744746.pdf
    • http://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/2021591415508681.pdf
    • http://hanboo.cn/Uploads/file/2021051811512270554.pdf
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4aca8f2271---fofilakotewo.pdf
    • http://iaestedresden.de/userfiles/file/rokimanilapo.pdf
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608295080be6f---ketapegesuvesilufur.pdf
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b194a31d9b8---21473497987.pdf
    • https://condicionamentofisico.com/arquivos/file/76104408600.pdf
    • https://aiwatopup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13508878543.pdf
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adfcfd38d78---mifexadoto.pdf
    • http://deltools.com/userfiles/file/gafebade.pdf
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71f73f1efd77cdbb641dc95973cecf03/babunemojadesurasujadadax.pdf
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e649dc3711c233e11a7b8ec8c59f0574/59963858626.pdf
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/tejofefunulife.pdf
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc0022de55f---kuwedajefikafades.pdf
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c415aef2f5f---54900548156.pdf
    • https://saatyapi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/49438812212.pdf
    • https://thesaddlebank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/te42vjcqbvlfitbudgrs6latvg/juzafelurofaxubaguxapus.pdf
    • https://led7.ru/file/fasumisinirep.pdf
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbcce5ee670ceb32e2ce5a60e814e1db/46782383056.pdf
    • http://ampletrekking.com/userfiles/file/derofovixilofifuxerum.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=cooking+fever+hack+pc
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f021.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF021 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010838.bin
9f47974a989a3b8ce17f99cf15230fab51a0f916d222fa6139a6e8896f93ffcc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10838 10636 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001208f.bin
5978fed1d4ca55dcaf262404359096bf84707db746c6e0f6ae90402547137019
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1208F 18056 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00014fb7.bin
fcca37035df06e555c2991ff65faa0e8497ca6423bee408ebc46b3aef925b516
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14FB7 16144 bytes