Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 df9ed292a5a250bf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.4 KB Created: 2021-09-09 11:02:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 4d0377f407bd4b48fe84caf942b354cc SHA-1: 47d5dbe116bbdcd3ddb9570b1ef815eed772a5df SHA-256: df9ed292a5a250bf500177df1c5b538af2c8002fcded1a66a779dc3a15bbb1f9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports this. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the file, likely serving as a dropper or phishing document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 https://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=download+mortal+kombat+shaolin+monks+ppsspp+android PDF link annotation
    • http://szpk.hu/_user/file/21006508779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miyagi.chi-kara.net/Upload/files/35284921065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://web-news.eu/www/pkpar/userfiles/file/15866126802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkting.com.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00f86e2b9be03d8f5ba1b7965ef41279/18645290632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130c129d53d6---kitatavuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metaglas.kr/userData/board/file/14334487041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drironcat.com/images/file/1316969408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ty6600.com/userfiles/file/garubunoxijafapebufavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterina-naslunci.cz/userfiles/file/94578759335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braus.uz/images/shared/file/zisuveda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riolisboa.com/images/ul_files/file/mUhAOiCepQFy.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarkar.ie/userfiles/file/31460368305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theemasternetworker.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ramolazokax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camelcarpet.org/d/files/guneloritidotijiwonamasew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://templeton.sk/userfiles/file/fosadamurixapawefububa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nomayaku.com/userfiles/file/71339338465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oripacff3jafsn8tpijol6lan4/56379858155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kemxoi.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/47163133565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shindah.com/images/ckeditor_img/files/60546329603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chubsorn.com/file/files/95350776154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ekselantechnology.solutions/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54736341449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barudan.hk/UploadFile/file/20210904121212097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccc213849ea67db5e45d45c19e7ec046/34820161412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioaba.net/userfiles/files/kifonubevagexo.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_off0000ccb6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCB6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e4cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4CD 10844 bytes
SHA-256: b9bdadd7ab06d35182bce4403352eb1f4f22796e62786702f973622502f7bb0b
font_02_sfnt_off0000fd63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD63 17564 bytes
SHA-256: a877b645573b726740c92f83910c603b8d8ae9236b19e534e19ca16892099fa3