Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 420b63564c9e103a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

128.9 KB Created: 2021-06-26 15:36:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: a49963695f77b04dcc25ca4b6e4b0dea SHA-1: 99cf30f04296dba7b1d5279e40b278608483299c SHA-256: 420b63564c9e103af4963782f446795662a6c2747f343bc12cebef85293d4be5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports this, as it indicates a lure to trick users into downloading malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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://lbs.ac.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/es4r7gjve446ihtagrp7ser47h/86894203789.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a6b8676559ecef59c7078f3a326a973/23953925059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2b5af2f384---tugovewireni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexhofford.com/temp/files/file/xareligumefin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hglobaltourb2c.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210613_5954FFE6D9B71D3B.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9b504c4215---siwoditupivebenowunitizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipllaser.in/uploads/lixowitapodesegokunom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/15846068639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc792e6afa9---29978790936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c973e6362f8---44262492922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://righetti-ticozzi.it/userfiles/files/niliruvixag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076c0d09cb69---tajikuvokerarudagomel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zuche0551.com/upload/file/6839660936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlastoursntravels.com/userfiles/file/redubelapavibopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucann.com/Upload/file/70571237538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a47485b189a---96315130659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608762b35c768---29649979292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanajp2.com/contents//files/12111897918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097c83cc0699---xirogiwufiririwumolid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099e7fdbe6d6---45156079925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9e805e64e8---72155865856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8970b641dc9d8b8ca745f2c5e3431b77/12319868579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-lightingcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c9346ab65de8e933eb7a54fd10f2aa6/11194047724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tipvuukb8nm9b5rvvu42b0ksqm/viwavapavukiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=direct+labour+price+variancePDF link annotation
    • http://pro.ovh.net/~tribuene/images/banque/file/89533069915.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_off000195d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x195D9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001adeb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1ADEB 18344 bytes
SHA-256: 47020ba282b19c97e5dc1d9112f9d5cf15340ef50459cc78234ef782739addf6
font_02_sfnt_off0001de14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1DE14 10508 bytes
SHA-256: 38e226ecca727656d4d1343fcb5271b65ba1b54bd15d6eb94be67f00e8da26fa