Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e926b881d4bbac28…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-07-04 01:12:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8c188e511a4c7ea030513d7d8b9c2539 SHA-1: 2d76608056973e8724a3661bc0bbf48ed3d9ed00 SHA-256: e926b881d4bbac28754377a85daff822551a7f824adb8a44658af599d92cf933
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file exhibits multiple indicators of malicious intent, including hosting links on compromised CMS upload directories and employing a link farm strategy. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest it's a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL findings point towards a social engineering attack aiming to trick users into downloading malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://clickkedai.com/userfiles/file/85695218217.pdf
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160798ff5465f1---21178378938.pdf
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609822ddb27f3---vixidolevivesit.pdf
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0aca798a39---tuvudo.pdf
    • https://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c0e98afd99---tevomovameveje.pdf
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e66a119052---pevavirexove.pdf
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078ecc34f301---dopukozogosezisomesefi.pdf
    • http://hccc252.ca/clients/e/e4/e484b38507f190a955b66748903449e1/File/53339958736.pdf
    • https://stagerightstaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32ee2098f35db3d621b45503c2e4f54b/41499451383.pdf
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095ccf096c8e---dixosajof.pdf
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f129341a15---43729816122.pdf
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/67207318835.pdf
    • http://tavernadelsnoguers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/908da461b51d08b38d4efb94a3293114/44734584435.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae76a5059a9---bubawilo.pdf
    • http://bloomx.com/sites/all/sites/bloomx.com/files/6686000746.pdf
    • http://besttailor.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bimebujufir.pdf
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d28cff7559592c43436bde81c2459a3/nodanaduzat.pdf
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/seann1oog2khmi9j7oehjjehim/betivufufiz.pdf
    • https://telenovella-bg.com/files/gagelewopewexujo.pdf
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f86dcbf3a3---tusepiva.pdf
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096d4b74fb06---dimapigere.pdf
    • https://alutat.com/data/file/67566231563.pdf
    • http://wypelnienia.kratex.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7d419dc4b8b0857527820bf8d520abe/76172210714.pdf
    • https://law.myvzl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hm0fr9a3fkqpuerh1qjq394t00/91987809487.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+convert+pdf+to+xml+for+passport
    • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f271.bin
d4361c60b46f28a3addc1bc1615b7f34c723972bc73bb42f70ff055f576d8d6e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF271 10932 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010bd4.bin
a490e41705cd9ca94b44214c3277c20e7ee4b6089ab385216d8eb8ed6292f6bb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BD4 17136 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000138f8.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138F8 16792 bytes