Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ea343136b2f6ca9a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 01:44:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 228b04cb2780ae9ca7996b7b15b855ba SHA-1: 0afeca9e6cb40b12d63a3cb730d7ea1160158ab9 SHA-256: ea343136b2f6ca9a58844e32c61704b51ffb0595d010be0b81b432d8072b51a0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or redirection mechanism. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

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://agroadvanced.com/app/webroot/newsletters/editor/files/lanug.pdf
    • http://piemonteforyou.it/userfiles/file/5465378847.pdf
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074798103e91---zuwuputad.pdf
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/040228473b7cdb59a2c7d6433286808c/92182751138.pdf
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d7cd36b972---kijegavemiziravu.pdf
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80cb83c62f2527c323e6217904420b2a/wizuruzexifub.pdf
    • https://neavocats.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/848e902df79798b11c04ae4a6cf3e364/webifovubatuloxomatix.pdf
    • http://www.grundys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16117202e2dd5a---mopidak.pdf
    • https://soudurelausiere.ca/upload/editor/file/84523757685.pdf
    • http://haki.vn/uploads/files/bobufalexokunupadekop.pdf
    • http://trumoi-khutrung.com/upload/files/44485141144.pdf
    • http://inglewood1968.com/clients/68690/File/93007968749.pdf
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f85a659636ee8a9d5c7418d97fbffe9/xasefoponenuxe.pdf
    • http://qishuochem.com/siicea/userfiles/file/79664796324.pdf
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611a5da3bcecc---xemekizazazo.pdf
    • http://xn--80akoseq9f.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/78287582881.pdf
    • https://mbzgogo.xyz/web/img/podborky/files/wazakojepofalebudatesuju.pdf
    • http://unityproductions.com/upload/files/98470787559.pdf
    • https://palezieux.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tivavesufivezipuridenomi.pdf
    • http://kyea.org/imageuploads/xodixipo.pdf
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610d20daef36a---piragaros.pdf
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071cf9fe231f---20054529226.pdf
    • http://sequirk.ie/userfiles/file/jedigezibiwadorasula.pdf
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608beafb6850a---56936904564.pdf
    • http://sanarina.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89463332369.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=english+phonetics+and+phonology+pdf+download
    • 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_off0000bc18.bin
a769d343e909b333274ac9a7cff2d5aab2348ce8f800d6f8f84b77feb50ed712
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBC18 16600 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e6c0.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6C0 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000fed7.bin
1ba1f9d88413207ff5dff582848a89e2f6ca8b4f8a92e59ff71bf638afae005b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFED7 10980 bytes