Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f180e4277e7e7840…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-09-12 23:45:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: c643f8377cda30661efba15f7ab856da SHA-1: b342bfaf08420533d2145f4f5a247eb85735bbab SHA-256: f180e4277e7e7840f3e95678c9189c8d0f6431c2a5f1883413617da832dc3bd7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or social engineering attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://videofilm-tv.ru/content/File/25203553443.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/tapojateru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haiannweb.com/uploads/files/jepisejagux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanmuabancongty.vn/images/content/files/niniwanejodejat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613992bb4561f---xokizoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://professional-tuner.at/uploaded/file/duzusobuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dorinhawear.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/tegirel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://we-plus.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xuwodupirofexalobeworeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deltaguvenlik.net/userfiles/file/tudijebivepoxegilar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c3a2af33f0---49224232702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rosabrockenhaus.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lejonadapazukuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irinaburmistrova.ru/files/32475903261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://la-roofers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a7cbaa9ec8---tunowovebozoxim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wx-test.com/upload/ckimg/files/202109121101032601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dunakeszi.varosom.hu/userfiles/files/24313477875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://narzedziascierne.eu/Upload/file/joxun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shlawllc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/rokutani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maconlux.lu/userfiles/files/90457523578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137ae209fb14---22036587798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hophungvietnam.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/vesexevasamuwatoduzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132612225e57---motigedozivajogibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hkacca.com/userfiles/dibedumupidet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://casasholidays.com/scgtest/team-explore/uploads/files/13569472008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hkxhjfc.ltd/uploads/files/20210905055653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rentaruedas.com/files/others/52864080528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=android+emulator+for+switchPDF 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_off0000ee73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE73 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001068a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1068A 10908 bytes
SHA-256: 343b78397f48ba8eeb630f541af5e47dbe0cb841992f6fe979da781801c4a915
font_02_sfnt_off00011faa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FAA 17516 bytes
SHA-256: f534e37b4e8edea5c0ef787e8ce58002a40a6f24ffe4c55a9c5eb0caabd078dd