Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 480c4a96f3cfb5bc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.3 KB Created: 2021-07-23 11:57:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: fc4ce4a71fbbe5cd009a3fd474ab8abd SHA-1: a143ac960360cefefbd7bfc748b2b1b179190d2a SHA-256: 480c4a96f3cfb5bc71bcf89a6777974a8048963d96b3bb4dad29af5e9d27e1a5
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as a phishing lure impersonating Apple ID. It contains numerous links to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, likely intended to redirect users to a credential harvesting page. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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
  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure high SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: call-to-action link host does not match the impersonated brand: https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=rpi+candidate%27s+choice.
  • 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.
  • 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://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p9m2nv891qe119mm4196jq5o55/rasigemonimike.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://inlandautorepairmurrietaca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0433f52d9cfd501dcb55442fb9b8e4cf/komaleritudikominijagisev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traffictkt.com/viking1/uploads/files/vodavixejugekodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6eb0a14977710114e3123ae233e00833/lazalan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0be672bc7b---dikuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abe-rdc.com/userfiles/file/80285093677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3colorjazz.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/90330252223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccswcd.com/userfiles/file/36916420662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089e69a787a4---32661048802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pianotuningdarwin.com/userfiles/files/puluzivemoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/259520854d0e25cdcfaf536f19ba9e6f/10956299278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://93564497.com/userfiles/95272540520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a661a01190a---xukogazawokar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alconburyreunion.com/clients/36523/File/kibigusiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160947fd900d22---4768146990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f9e11209bca---junegogin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tractorpulling-emmeloord.nl/upload/file/levofupiruxasakamuralato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c24a855e60---89054795770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8908e7751d02f9f35213ec8e7ada12f/piximuvawanogoponopob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bmw-zona.ru/uploads/file/fodiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zuche0551.com/upload/file/53793030171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hainescentreasia.com/images/file/43718226809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snap-drone.com/userfiles/file/83621760010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sklepjola.pl/userfiles/file/veror.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097d5269ec7d---guwoxalizuratebejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=rpi+candidate%27s+choicePDF 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_off0000fa75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA75 17724 bytes
SHA-256: b20836332c092d8154fb2f6c4440b393cd93a9f3a12fd93337b6a83bf3545827
font_01_sfnt_off000128a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128A4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000140bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x140BB 10544 bytes
SHA-256: 639919df3d092fa8fefb1a2bb0704f1c338fc300a4d4936dadfb6636e5035fc1