Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 df759eecc092c53e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.1 KB Created: 2021-07-14 04:03:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 53e89170cd9e84c19440ed2df3290692 SHA-1: 583c43545c41106c9152cb0b51fcc0684a3bfcff SHA-256: df759eecc092c53e8915a13cc225052e91c60d6fbd64fbd26d7af15a3c8bfb52
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. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload locations or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to lure users to malicious sites. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a deceptive user interaction.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9910

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://abwingssuffolk1.com/uploads/files/5674782708.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982e7976fd0---16648368013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://provia-events.de/pics/fotos/1/file/jadeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aj-logistics.com/stock/userfiles/file/28581068084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mhr11ik6jmhj7cp48gk05lp1ps/11899414999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investmentskillsgroup.com/images/userfiles/file/kubesurilodib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/folaxivadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bernardthevenet.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xiwevivafisajevumakaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whkmradio.com/userfiles/file/satamujesunasikomaguxav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afra24.com/basefile/afra24/files/1987717870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d05fe65f656---39860269517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stdtekstil.com/upload/ckfinder/files/32569359141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quiltingacademy.info/fckeditor/userfiles/file/ruwed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d5784e76c5---jufikadizodujoladarosulup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b53de658e2d---44905630262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vnv.nu/admin/library/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vedelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hkparkkonutlari.com/image/files/16565512528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myjamaicais.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e6e2bc94ba27a0e5992d3c72f6b831e/xifat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bahia-group.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63529023393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lynxitservices.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55548513129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a948698c9a55994744d50e83b0810848/66780169635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brightwayconsultancyservices.com/userfiles/file/39439514127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160b3790454b38---zikalanawetazujumoguvumax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75b4ff7eddc9d66590d1a0ab6329a4a5/72267414566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=jee+advanced+previous+year+question+paper+with+answer+keyPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fa1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA1B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011232.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11232 11160 bytes
SHA-256: ade1aae25cb8a7049835a206fdff7e0a00d93c8e82d9497540fbab77b0e91e4e
font_02_sfnt_off00012c18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C18 16180 bytes
SHA-256: 38d96dccc44cec820350c279846f8ea6cad3af7c7df145a3e8d7cfdc3439732b
font_03_sfnt_off000141d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141D2 19340 bytes
SHA-256: 8667f6463959104127d3a966c891d4fd70b86463c8989f327edb85e77764ef98