Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4b5ea6d2e79f9d94…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 17:36:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 9f058cda751e8137cef6011c2505de46 SHA-1: bbbccf39736445e9fc105b9424f2c11459f04561 SHA-256: 4b5ea6d2e79f9d94568c835a7be70e73b241b19eb480bdfe76036541e355706a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting sites, likely serving as a lure to download further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the phishing pretext.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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 http://preserveproperties.com/userfiles/files/66800120034.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://criollo-cocoa.com/userfiles/file/lizoxazukebuwulojoleju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd160227770---rumoxamidon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doks-films.com/pcms/content/file/54704438157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fdc373c49d1da2ce10d2c3dfdcbb59fe/49945831616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/es5qq6o4hno2jtjv3hsh37317m/vanuvubufima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a411a807d7---watozajuxumexan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajwatravel.com/wheelmarine/userfiles/file/zofuvulivetezapuxotudisoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/av1ne8v788qp40mrskjnqsg1f6/7618178731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://windsbs.biz/files/file/90631932622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontivo.ro/userfiles/file/fosupol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oaklandscreche.ie/userfiles/files/dixurujukiwiwugamefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vanillasky-ch.com/images/files/47912581784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okud-istra.hr/userfiles/file/sulewinetos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27e0779f7ddeaca74cc4c14263672db8/vugiwugekonidivusali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongphuchuytai.com/upload/files/gugubapezefupizoxafenoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urparitet.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kudiluvepoxazarij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2de230e8f2af5b1ff90a22dd6066daf5/629210258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9jj7ubhkpgg7f87argoo5fh1j2/lowoxufovevifoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3vrd7alvb5sfmf785r12m7tjv6/niwevanatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d9cf4e1ce5---gebuwexatar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ced52eb259---98364248220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apluskleaning.com/admin/images/file/13902054336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4sliuoh2asra1kb542q3q2mj5/9736023443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.celso.org/download/51121914755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://at2apigroup3.com/contents//files/rapukidixewavevizovowufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=premium+plc+schneider+pdfPDF 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_off0000be74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE74 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d686.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD686 16400 bytes
SHA-256: f468e1e0b6e0f57d310ad87912fae41777505c94219d1572b6fca32881907e8e
font_02_sfnt_off000100e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100E8 10608 bytes
SHA-256: 701889a508dfb2e7370cec018186c6a26f5b9ef449f8df3eadcc4aa95a6d873b