Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e0a7dd117906adbc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.4 KB Created: 2021-07-16 03:34:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: f2921db4b7efc9b8bc522ce1823e3be9 SHA-1: ff74cc104fc3fd80f2b181fb0811892f4be70fca SHA-256: e0a7dd117906adbc6b85336ac948f1765d302b0748f1cb9b0aa28c4805d80c7f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a malicious intent to trick the user into downloading a payload. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=delete+duplicate+photos+on+android PDF link annotation
    • https://directorvincentchow.com/fck_filemanager_upload/file/52661069721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodcomputers.ro/2664/uploads/60593186532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maspacientes.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nd78pjnrbtk722ovobts3blp44/46076289174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8bff760b8b6e9a0d7556d08ed573605/rodad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chizclean.ru/files/fck/file/29998734770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lasfyy.com/uploadfile/file/20210624205219191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgotomotiv.org/upload/files/3462731765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushikyototogo.com/uploads/files/sawiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b41f368868d---mufenebupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaeram.com/userData/board/file/nulagisura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077f0210799d---zifixoxafujalupazef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cageart.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071b6a964e86---32260328303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yingzhaoliuart.com/upload/file/dikopagurarusinolobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0690acf6f---dedogaxibidowida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://briljant-maleri.se/UserFiles/files/19747624682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9fff039519---wenipupajiwubebavonajudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096708e59697---luwolaxofikepujewuzuzan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buchtel1967.com/clients/26382/File/70260431768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de1e5515b44---nezajutisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caphegiabao.com/upload/fck/file/91379664519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609858f02875a---vaxonuwejedoreb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b0eaadd4c2---kivavimiguzatamutet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotoprint.lv/downloads/file/86143030795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9w3b11kh5l.com/ckupload/files/98043438330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d3114b000c---94011457550.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e901.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE901 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010118.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10118 10712 bytes
SHA-256: 8a53016951215f10756bd34639aaaa4d061af1aa197d59e6a2e0e8bf34f44ccf
font_02_sfnt_off00011998.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11998 16140 bytes
SHA-256: 78ecf8e6b815915fb8d90f682407fa5e2b9430ed59f7c36deee35c1cff9d9725
font_03_sfnt_off00012efc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EFC 17516 bytes
SHA-256: 596795983e64ff5e372fe0de686bbff5e90c87b31b167a9cced38a79855c1430