Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4bb2302dfa03c95e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.6 KB Created: 2021-08-14 00:13:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: fc878335f6ab182f2b5e4a951a05c90c SHA-1: 976913b4d17a72936e97b20c279326adccd1c8f2 SHA-256: 4bb2302dfa03c95eb604c1feb11e6f2cbc65be350f6a60eabba7f53243a45e91
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness. The PDF contains numerous links to compromised websites, suggesting it's part of a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports this, aiming to trick users into downloading the malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c96f7bce4d4c7854e49756d83d56aaca/dubisuzozodujipowudadaro.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/st4je27o2n3ean8fuiu723oii6/pirabipozaruxibiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jgmurphy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27be83e422021be450bc62f396d9fe1a/39460606988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orderpoet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kitofofoxanofikuralo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kepco-group.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/86255252315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070538eb31e0---judili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rideco.hu/upload/file/1668631540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chromoink.com/updates/file/zekesaxokonamusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exmar.it/foto_fck/file/9611151191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://d4scanada.com/clients/8/81/81a8d3ecf29e0a7d9042e8364394d873/File/60900367449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lycee-elm.org/userfiles/file/kebametebis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://multiseal.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161082a5298ce1---82262401402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d3302f2df2e842fa36e9e9de925ca96/40761040814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cde664d8ed---82864403379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharageorgia.com/sites/default/files/file/xigosebipelesopapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://train-in-japan.com/images/blog//file/38510503484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mar3ol.com/Files/files/67467681758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weingut-suppan.at/files/68260610811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a5a19e1f2c---bubutoxunilamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e280466176f---93968584339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf0585ec621cffcd13ef78b79b1f8b16/1497012825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eurosecurimed.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66173760765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanaspinler.com/calisma2/files/uploads/viwasumubagafisova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c89e92c5df4---37493890843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=worksheet+for+class+1+english+kvs+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_off0000f5ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5AC 11100 bytes
SHA-256: cfc32bc84b4d3772b6ec23165b53aa1e3d2c9f04744d9aa6a42c05ade6ad5cc7
font_01_sfnt_off00010f63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F63 18888 bytes
SHA-256: 6283f8c0087a9ece2858c0554759025a48ad1029aee381b2c4d8da6d36127847
font_02_sfnt_off00013f89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F89 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1