Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 458cb0494ac812c5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-06-28 20:35:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 696b104b4e0baafac9cd49ec5f1e62fa SHA-1: e5842b3fb141d569388e86d73365eb320a2e11ba SHA-256: 458cb0494ac812c547f7ceb860dc8c0325aa4fc16ae2a2bd8f78e88d3cd794ea
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting sites. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.
  • 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://centrosteadycam.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fde290195a582f5a8028285ab1a670b8/62492848267.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://photographerin.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff9339i0tqvjmc7l9m2f75n152/14038270866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urjabatteries.in/userfiles/file/masulope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jxloanchien.com/style/postimage/file/dubomosakibadopuzusiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://primaria-ciocirlia.ro/media/file/69338837340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dramayaramendes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073952e51b82---69412021256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082f0ca0fa1b---32633453886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cls-toronto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7de9e75dbfa63dd83a12a8beb5e8471/kurutenusifadebelodimujof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://influences-vegetales.eu/assets/Image//files/18151285364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rusiuojigalvoji.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f531ae2955---45567964878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073f6450da7a---3154981120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3d15c51d63---46466484123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad864ccfefb---pazonafirutoxikefozepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bonpetsupply.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086f3a095fe2---kasaxusiwaxarifubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biocoils.com/img/file/84400893225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiadomainstore.com/userfiles/file/30753865122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cesishotel.lv/res/wysiwyg/file/gakumozogowebinidavok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/593369808d5ae1657553487b69850cb8/82791391545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akkoryazilim.com/userfiles/file/ruxanoreg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stolizstekla.ru/userfiles/file/fedagenatokonozafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e65064fa49527ce334d3d91e68da5f0/12944945209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edelstahl-berlin.de/media/file/77878233194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://natyabio.com/uploadfiles/suvalawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98d60b58978567e843c6b6becd717763/piwafezimuwigepajuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asea-admin.com/_userfiles/file/20210516193629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=private+account+photo+viewerPDF 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_off0000e940.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE940 10512 bytes
SHA-256: c3e2ea700ee30560b529566165850a5b902c33ed2782eaf2375b4e0e26b90db3
font_01_sfnt_off0001012a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1012A 17388 bytes
SHA-256: 831949119ec2ac2edcbdcb4a3f311c8dd740d7a352f0d9696fb3df1ba0819289
font_02_sfnt_off00012e76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E76 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1