Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4648b78801669db0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-09-11 17:32:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: a24270049c5a8c60bf9c5a6e4683a007 SHA-1: 3f54f72328bc158af0afe0d8f1fbbb29d7807361 SHA-256: 4648b78801669db02c893d8f7b6bf3e8261266c25878361d6c50e8a548806e63
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on disposable domains or appear to be compromised CMS uploads, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the idea that the document is designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly indicates malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://kubablimel.pl/Image/files/nevajago.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cdmatik.com/uploads/file/dadijupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptaki.info/imgekoprojekty/files/fuzunirumasitokebida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petercar0937494634.com/upload/img/files/gosalulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitness-sport.it/userfiles/file/70202451056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137773e354e3---gakugotirul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130f775e1183---lebenuwadetob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majubesar.org/contents/files/bopoledepuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ranahytta.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1210627863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promptcorporate.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55225803559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ba76a5c4b7---72344872772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiehuist.com/userfiles/files/26631465816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t441hqk0cmcoj3sbhq6jcvk7pa/71202598353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jysunshine-hotel.com/up_files/file/9300038414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dogable.de/userfiles/file/61294036369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kabaretyimpresariat.pl/Upload/file/30206973762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qiopaav30911hsech5h97pt2c4/ripapuzotatoziwanopixol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiantms.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50577251969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shopcode.ru/uploads/file/nisufogojegisotuzefutox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://astmasme.com/userData/board/file/kirexov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vanchuyenduongsat.vn/upload/files/43088005037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gustosandvic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tipofowabape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ndmoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/vuditixefome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pradakshinam.com/fck_uploads/file/rowiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613311a720f5a---zenubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc010.com/userfiles/file/20210909160657_u112le.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=what+can+you+do+with+a+rooted+phonePDF 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_off0000f217.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF217 10688 bytes
SHA-256: 8bfa57f4043d33bfee77acdd0889d3aee22f074de44d487a4be838b070df7754
font_01_sfnt_off00010aa4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AA4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000122b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122B6 17312 bytes
SHA-256: 27f837b99e4a5e1dd87bf8944bebf2ab3ad5382684187032e5b1b9357904bf7a