Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f691dc7285f309b3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-09-13 02:22:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 0e3dec9b930ab05e3067afb6865ecf20 SHA-1: f76f1e542c3ef705cd1ef0b4bf74bfec4fc37fea SHA-256: f691dc7285f309b3280834e172f9f82e7d1d0631e6a4c0d5f6775f38270f216b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports this phishing-like lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://wsp.pl/userfiles/file/tovuwedepetonikamun.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pyramidplaster.com/file_media/file_image/file/pejivemorarutaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://righetti-ticozzi.it/userfiles/files/42537711298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b3a40db315---43038665959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ristoranteibucanieri.it/userfiles/files/69019727874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613db923276b0---nejuludagopumoduwaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biodent.ro/m4fm_files/m4news/ck-uploads-files/tuniluvupepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danieldesignpro.com/userfiles/74508871005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deeringbayrealestate.com/userfiles/files/82303407522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leo.tw/upload/ckeditor/files/90193062473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bevillelecomte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juxidufexexagazenik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarpaket.ru/userfiles/file/50609725492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blv.by/upload/editor/files/23275470891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oasis-inwaste.asia/files/file/sodegoluvemukol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://princeworldwide.com/multimedia/userfiles/file/vinavugomizoveloj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soosanfix.com/upload/fckeditor/file/46512064375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greathorserider.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48755968604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medical-1669.com/userfiles/files/49673582132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keralastatetailorsassociation.com/userfiles/file/puwikisegalodavaxukevugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c7d9469f5d---sasekelejexepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pomodorolennep.de/gfx/userfiles/files/nupogotuxid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fime3d5b5svs1a0853bs42iok3/25230500298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inggeo.eu/userfiles/files/fetosapilogumewopipimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiendurancecoaching.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nujinowezamusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnv-cnc.com/userfiles/file/bujubugavinawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=wpa2+hacking+appPDF 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_off0000e79b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE79B 10196 bytes
SHA-256: ad30194f7ee60118c2dce664b69522cff68b44593a6d97df8ad69bea41eaf608
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE74 18140 bytes
SHA-256: 5f85383142678003c5c702d641ebc227765b1181ed182ca8ea0adad50bd5965c
font_02_sfnt_off00012d68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D68 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1