Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fd4917389f3e2b3a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-08-08 16:47:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: dc789c1489fa09059ac7570be1a4170d SHA-1: 53821aebf84d9aec0e34ecd1fa5474e360237787 SHA-256: fd4917389f3e2b3a68b042df0b85b71c64fa4c82af449f3591d88a6fe37c4b9b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports the phishing and malicious download intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://angarakshaksecurity.com/userfiles/file/dujojorufizubog.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://theurbanthinktank.com/files/rigikafofofijukonijepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdsalon.ru/img/lib/file/tevekijene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gillsandgeckos.com/userfiles/file/sotewuludijijotilal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrimal.pl/userfiles/file/19370951031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voziky-paletove.cz/mctree.cz/pictures/other/files/37034475023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davidlbrooks.com/clients/868292/File/3460995709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5182e52d42---lebalixexojiruluwiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brod-plovdiv.com/images/dolugelep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbu.vn/Images_upload/files/85868041435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8k7milga2sg5ot2eacmk2g189v/kekenujedomurogak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tripleccompanies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11e0a6c87e57efc0ae44fe141c828f6c/57791259332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d66343807df---22915599284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://appvid.eus/userfiles/files/refutudoritefujuwomof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://praconsulgroup.ru/pict/file/24304663791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truegridpaver.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e18b1ca3ba1dff174eb2218bd37d2099/20839242990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098ba3fe2777---foxexumepasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zzweien.com/d/files/dulug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandfiltr.com/files/file/34014639280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cfdd9e789f---jumuviko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midel.me/userfiles/file/67120413478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entryexpress.online/chapter_images/files/gunisegekilujetosarali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stagnesreunion.com/clients/e/ed/ed16748122b3ff8ec97113314e0446c4/File/jifirujafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=download+transformers+age+of+extinction+in+hindiPDF 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_off0000ee9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE9E 17756 bytes
SHA-256: a656224522000fd1445fad6c991d70eed2a16d00e8ac4d6ee2229138377d8574
font_01_sfnt_off00011d66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D66 11112 bytes
SHA-256: 71afd44017fcdedf2d9cc6fb577fd6ffd86ec5332e8f9d1dec3dc480eaf63a62
font_02_sfnt_off00013703.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13703 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1