Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 04540cc3ce8fb394…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.0 KB Created: 2021-09-03 07:33:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 2dcf91caf495a5f38c24f9458f9a547a SHA-1: e16a3ee523cc42c2c215d2e42c473e32a522e6b2 SHA-256: 04540cc3ce8fb394af34e77b429d66efb21949ca178fc0ca0e32f3af63f50c51
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It impersonates a document signing service, likely to trick users into clicking embedded links. The links point to various PDF files hosted on compromised websites, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware. No scripts were extracted, but the overall pattern indicates a phishing lure leading to a malicious download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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.
  • Document signing service impersonation lure medium SE_DOCUSIGN_LURE
    Document impersonates DocuSign, Adobe Sign, or a similar signing service in a signing-request context
  • 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://lossfundraisingevent.com/clients/f/f5/f5ed5e364f2f51aa46a4c5982fab9a07/File/3690533529.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97beeb6ad7450d12c56f44e0530d00a2/51300554937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longhornrings.com/clients/0/08/08da48574b41509ac7bedcf2500dc652/File/wuxaxegokesanupepafoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084c9cf91dbe---48608682176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariamozharova.ru/uploads/files/57148486607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9cf4d30764---samozus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/805f1a7db465448848d93ac1a38d6c34/wilujakajuninak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafkqcanfpgnhbng3b5i9a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/nofor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toananhmedical.com/uploads/files/21907613997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodwellassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db3f2edf7a19c3be2efda761ab4741aa/14142545874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sirmamedia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tawevipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1hozain.ru/files/userfiles/files/ximalewaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aca1e36b60---rekix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tachikawa-derma.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sezulojonimubafokid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077479d68204---59749477738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8e2a24279a---nitulejowilujixopod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orderleesushi.com/uploads/files/vabifulabanirige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankamet.com/userfiles/file/bimijapar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fbd9400b66---71482723042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cissud.com/uploads/ck_editor/files/zajomelazimotonob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e2157cf932542a234cce543f4ac7b70/jagusewemofuruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laxycoffee.com/upload/files/349747288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/23256834931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursac.net/userfiles/file/5477057424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entryexpress.online/chapter_images/files/95326348258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=signing+pdf+on+iphone+8PDF 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_off0000bbe8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBBE8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d3ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3FF 10484 bytes
SHA-256: 34c5c3e479b07e1f0eb2b1b1c872a38f107723cd277b2374532200b987e12709
font_02_sfnt_off0000eb7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB7D 16684 bytes
SHA-256: 1ff0e7698d9d132d1718a26a07ef4104e0e85c32abe8ce96b2da88addf568223