Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed40afa498b1ce31…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-23 05:33:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 8481b4f8deb1e49dfde95582ba61cf8c SHA-1: ce43843a3a99e3870a65db889124e32ed30405fc SHA-256: ed40afa498b1ce31384873a622691ffa6500fbdd791ec23b51d1d17e93621459
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. The heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting sites, likely to download a second-stage payload. The presence of a visual download button further supports a deceptive lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://indobaliart.com/sitefiles/file/3846114684.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aktifbant.com/resimler/files/50758111692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mami-m.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/kaloxuterusepuron.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosaloncenter.com/uploads/files/52858642020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bakersfield.thepokeluau.com/uploads/files/kebekotudaxol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eac45b5207---risadoxoderozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bongoes62.dk/userfiles/file/nubabodaginus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161439056dff1b---81403906092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fashiongale.ro/userfiles/files/ruketofitadisaxinabamefoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettodrabeni.it/userfiles/files/roratavakifazozivosigaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transcash.com/ci/userfiles/files/lazigawawikedazalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aolisenjiancai.com/data/files/65367734728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sergeisurzhin.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guwudatuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hykylalumni.org/userfiles/36506180463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mitcostruttori.it/userfiles/files/3531400263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irfanmakina.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/tibibilag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldwalia.com/userfiles/files/90940258448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161312d05c53d2---69775339592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holidayinntorino.com/userfiles/files/budojizufewefufimitesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juentai.com/userfiles/files/99138260901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tiendadelbordado.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13965762270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3ff7e98944705ac8fceae1755a61b88/xulibim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb32912582e9f0eacd244c6d8878d8b4/mijimebam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v9a7vd1v8h52ifh7at824n9q6b/duwaniserubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=no+emulator+installedPDF 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_off0000d83a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD83A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f04c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF04C 18588 bytes
SHA-256: 93d019df7fa5a87d325eed518f52c1c9d4f435b6ecab416d9e47db2da66d8904
font_02_sfnt_off000120c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120C2 10484 bytes
SHA-256: 6466acdd6e7368d30c776c2e21416ae4bde5e9851e8a57b9b67a02f0eae24313