Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed000d268a33c3b9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-09-11 08:16:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 41cb0d14beca16936c7e5bf31839b7a8 SHA-1: ec0117e04f7e7532bc7e75c4e74e41e66bef3c72 SHA-256: ed000d268a33c3b98a27c088e5c4831bddc2d6f17729346a452c3ed46d8ca646
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 links to external PDF files, many hosted on compromised CMS upload storage, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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://highspiritsmusic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ragiruboxegop.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://remont-etalon.ru/upload/files/xuxewowejufizopezomex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotarent.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210906_9D86E44A556D8099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manuscripthandler.com/userfiles/file/mapokozivuxifoxezum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130d9f16568e---nabefototupawalotovolokut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaccugiare24h.com/uploads/userfiles/file/39664013800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anyimaker.com/upload/users/files/19075302362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rovitek.com/userfiles/file/dopupedawujemikimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapsalonindex.nl/images/uploads/64219774243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahchala.com/img/file/betuzumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandviewgroupresort.com/upload/files/45630375674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bd3fcbbe03---tomasobuzobisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarica.com.tr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bejogeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161328d4fb5770---wunigawuvisujamojenadosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leebyenghun.com/new/upload/board/files/36799447830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7edc8b0b7123719d986efaa85d341410/16582038764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.willmarareachamber.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wufidozudaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivetripper.com/userfiles2020/files/damisadajajowidexop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ifaistos.reality.gr/~triantaf/images/file/96385788230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladymamashop.com/uploads/files/202109040329316270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131382fc8aa2---buvatorusudawefevowiruxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lightofislamonair.org/uploads/files/2334974326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://floramarble.com/uploads/fulinesodikelawiwise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalonlineexam.tisaracademy.com/userfiles/files/dupabuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+i+download+fortnite+mobilePDF 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e85f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE85F 18028 bytes
SHA-256: 88cff05ceaa9f6edbe6dd2d38408e97ad68125ceae554c87dbff331fc3186206
font_01_sfnt_off0001170a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1170A 10564 bytes
SHA-256: cd334943cf76cafb8e7e4620862f23a7ac0b3f1087083d945808d051c910e160
font_02_sfnt_off00012f10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F10 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1