Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f226aca2ceeab7a4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 20:23:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 8bff97f52d552b9a9770105ce07cd8a1 SHA-1: 36ac0b25bf767810d45ef04d065297c4450a2e32 SHA-256: f226aca2ceeab7a4ded4cd30bb1e24f7ceb5175049e74c6143a86fdce861d0a9
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing multiple external links, several of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content. The presence of a visual download button and the ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further support a malicious intent. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc34501feab---zavulabifeki.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sobinco.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78076425520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://couvreur-hautdoubs.fr/internet_new/images_et_fichiers//file/71665146314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160baf5a91d910---716464128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honghuibio.com/d/files/74398212119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://targhevaticane.it/userfiles/files/vowuvubugaxunan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguyenthaotech.com/upload/files/dofepewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubselectionvoyages.com/images/file/33221021133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliceinformaticasrl.com/user/pages/98444039350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082f66d06ee2---kogajejokaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/zafiremux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ppuhperspektywa.pl/files/edytor/file/2954425887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redactron.com/userfiles/file/wetanemuberamogavoloweza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cowmoo.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44059759458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/lajitezufumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamtomchabahai.com/uploads/files/files/96855813562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hankyunget.net/userData/board/file/subaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clumba-indoor.ru/files/files/gesamizijiwunure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otvorene-srdce.sk/userfiles/file/mufabixomudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmrivestimenti.com/userfiles/files/59865126645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stalmost.pl/userfiles/file/vifudufidovavugilanupej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ridendo.cz/files/file/xodusawetuwurakafenixif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liantoong.com/archive/upload/files/94427727429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automotiveenergy.cz/userfiles/file/48317629306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=gingival+recession+review+pdfPDF 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_off0000f911.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF911 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011128.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11128 10888 bytes
SHA-256: f4ec142e4e36ef36f03285c4322be26dbbc36cce8537ea1cb09dba1645fe5b9f
font_02_sfnt_off00012a50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A50 18288 bytes
SHA-256: 9052d27c207f35e89d4fcd9b999ed7e528929a61b68e6d6d068b0a7bb50acefa