Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f2d6d134641205e2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-07 17:25:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: f2679d77ffb94f62112a9c4a5a23c907 SHA-1: 085788212cee016fb0b332640f1b95be7ac75328 SHA-256: f2d6d134641205e29cecde943993260716df7d5ca2f72bb826e621cae84eb536
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload directories and other potentially malicious sites. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports the phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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 http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae77083c7a1---83996709497.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://chiataiec.com/userfiles/Proj_Name/files/65840220928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dydlhx.com/upfiles/file///71316990019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s8radziejowice-paszkow.pl/userfiles/file/musenodipezusifixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fe9bf2da03---85134274490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8b7776ca2---99550580865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076b07738fe6---39954522392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zpkprzemysl.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25659065720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamarchesainterita.be/lamarchesainterita/imgdb/news/files/49539144404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xboxheerlen.nl/userfiles/file/kinorev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legacyltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1e53ad5b95c3e13bd997360e18b5a5a/36211701693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec9fe8d68c2---nevav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t56ruabrntbp8r51pq5g9fbj63/70052717307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scanclean.bg/upload/ckfinder/files/moxajevosebifufirisuverun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xtra360.net/campannas/file/30443360310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krakow4you.pl/krakow/files/45730749431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3e-machinery.ru/app/webroot/filesfiles/23225089938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c89a2fabc7d54f10cb09b88cf7edf93c/pasezogofozijejisez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161372a21f20f0---40160463101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tipresentoio.it/images/file/72411825513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b81747c34ac1a1807ab2a6112d4d6d31/50080191566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9bv3jk7aamktr6j1390koepc73/lazesemutisatasaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michelschuurmans.nl/images/uploads/file/binok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwfinlay.com/uploads/files/dorilutefosixojikupufovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecompletecontact.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44343405933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=quran+pak+full+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000d6b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6B9 19088 bytes
SHA-256: b62c12fd5fef419ba87885dccb2d3ac461c58d5687c305c7c148a399ae9c25fc
font_01_sfnt_off0001081b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1081B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012032.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12032 10340 bytes
SHA-256: bb35667b0adcd64793afc25e8ed4bbe7d4b5dc9ef3ae7cfc390d60bae2a21d22