Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f232f3643af8efdb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.5 KB Created: 2021-06-28 20:37:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 5d6adf98c882ca5ac91d68b34ff56b6b SHA-1: 768bcfb7427575c8177677d6354922f9bb8b8eb5 SHA-256: f232f3643af8efdb2f2db89c864d246b0a81cff1ec0d1a8cf29bda122800d898
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically flagged as a phishing trojan. It contains a link farm with numerous URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of a visual download button lure further supports a deceptive user interaction.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://progfin.pl/userfiles/file/908944478.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pdm9l7uk78pcnp0bhs5j8gfj53/fejikumif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balaji-technology.com/userfiles/file/35191479114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://showpalmedical.com/userfiles/88178376571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cefb4c0986---zifutowarufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4389ce22a6e695d6be9adb7eea96353d/95007952605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://humanitool.ru/userfiles/file/22537960660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d17d5b7270---xofewerajawepikazejuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaef48e1f0b---rubenuzeburoxejaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5eebca1101026608ef4b82172aafbf9b/11960733461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.westcountrystoves.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be3645b10b8c83fe61fadcbf0cb504e5/16075572935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4emna4pf4807j4hm9n9qt8g8a5/fosofomuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afd85b38997---batedetalaliwife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colours-of.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79tjtne7qm22r3q4h5cmfpcjq2/gofowapuzadutudezebuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goldenlantern.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f884c19b70---64635501772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0cb79cec64---nebapofagokusafotoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grafitpoint.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6fb71fff5d7e3cb52499c3377d5d746c/42100470727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/587d58cf1df06c7806f2ceebf6c49de4/gobifizuvurimivepurerava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e90da4d70a7a93bee7618a4600959dc/78558027316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhitienvuong.com/uploads/files/tujomutisudakafol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6rltd80ghuaemmot7jmaognbhq/83033877687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://younewstoday.com/task/userimages/file/kobazaxaraturesenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sixtyguildersresearch.com/admin/photos/file/22222770918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=nail+shop+on+lindellPDF 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_off0000cf9f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF9F 16416 bytes
SHA-256: ae2897c56f26fd4bb2d5b902758e186af4b5b6ade441d1f7c56f2476724d3b06
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9DC 10268 bytes
SHA-256: 411022820c1ea51885a341a392ea691211ae10dfe12f23ee50c506ab8c440266
font_02_sfnt_off000110d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110D9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1