Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f873d7b426131fdf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 09:36:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 227ebc013031537a54ec197b27614b74 SHA-1: 01c604f489b50d6ec38ecf7539edcaab703f04d2 SHA-256: f873d7b426131fdf579345923d655c6194e586e31f1b4651f63657b510a048c4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file exhibits multiple indicators of malicious intent, including a high ML classification score and ClamAV detection as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous compromised websites, likely to facilitate the download of additional malicious content. The presence of a visual download button further supports the phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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 https://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=boom+sprayer+calibration+worksheet PDF link annotation
    • https://ottopianos.nl/files/pevazevimirirelugigut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wittymall.com/multimedia/userfiles/file/72521139431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapawan15.com/shop/fck_file/file/xodijafoviwafijiziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc0ceb281f4---63191916357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbivesinhanhhuy.com/asset/files/26756724367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scbczy.cn/up_files/file/20210907_022722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e6473fe44ab---pezibororawebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba28eb9f03b---35760726481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vs65ll5p52vv37hacna7jpb806/tejakezatojujod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7aakmiu6tuk86tdue4p6qif9h8/87105789726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/58150145324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sce.tw/uploads/files/60c45879846f0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michellenevinracing.com/FCKeditor/file/kezowakizuzamovojowufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2ecd4cc404---fivelegonetow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1e8c1c4db7af8b028c6c72d58b40296/68236685791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shrlie.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-23/20210823210032185407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tungqibiotech.com/upfiles/editor/files/80431479025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jagatjyotischool.org/jagatjyotischool/userfiles/file/wojaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://devcons.org/uploads/userfiles/files/48616986248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antasboru.com/guvennet/resimlerfiles/fonijerubofojazidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafesca.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/besukar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siam-royal-view.ru/data/files/80169297253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3da124a26ab02c74b67f9bcac9c1a93/bobamiweziketugapevorezob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greshamgilessalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de80d5c4d59b57916593017df4c329a0/60259340992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0001034a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1034A 11124 bytes
SHA-256: 3c1e55e7fab05c3196e28a6305a8fd02920907ca85ac23593bd89ad1ab5f3344
font_01_sfnt_off00011cf8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CF8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001350a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1350A 18864 bytes
SHA-256: a51b8666fa3801b5fa10689ad0bbacef5f4296139cc42290294be55ddc69e219