Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4c0628ad814218f2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.9 KB Created: 2021-07-18 13:07:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: d596a6124c6629b7184d59bc12a45705 SHA-1: 3fc8968e28114016aae0904a6101fe6faa04b54b SHA-256: 4c0628ad814218f267f437cf923c9382afd533e311930838ffc9a9f565abba57
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The document contains a link farm pointing to multiple disposable hosting sites, likely intended to trick users into downloading a secondary payload. The presence of a visual download button heuristic further supports this phishing-like lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

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://vieclamketoan365.com/upload/files/lelipokuka.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bjjiffy.com/upload/11736147542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rghsalumni.com/clients/82979/File/49760119879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1a5a1e3df1---kenudovabujanelisufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supercarrentalsofmiami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609de2be3e087---67822244698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jar-ted.pl/file/37090836854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72f8b6c5a407c4d82a2f11facad00a8d/tinel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c684175d7c---29389083589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adlinefor.com/home/webagen/public_html/korn/data/file/jibabutagolelamefowamoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084a40322de5---19822959318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akvari-um.ru/userfiles/file/63296826845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fc1bfb3d83---nodadedomogazewiwixomiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenagementsoleil.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609baf589eeca---memepefuluninubenesofixot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mail.teleserviciomalaga.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8554484662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruoumoc.com/upload/files/43573497659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a704b40d8ea---64394008354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/89561939001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609de7eada244---27378430413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9bb9c339c7---falad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607928a62621a---36719897700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chemonova.com/FCKeditor/file/takifogubofijasezupotaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asbu.net/uploads/FCK_files/file/17140586963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160def1b9a3ca2---57375503075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swx.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb90a936b38aa408075b4526610f5694/61081990868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://insidethedigitaltrend.biz/userfiles/file/vimimipusenodadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=expense+manager+pro+apk+crackedPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ec5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC5D 10800 bytes
SHA-256: 8a8219869eee95b90aeacfe825a3d5088bdd028788ab270c78fd8562b50e30bd
font_01_sfnt_off00010506.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10506 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011d17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D17 16160 bytes
SHA-256: 27fa49ca30b1f57c6e4f8b99ad1f73ead7010ce1f191e20d716503af09158f46
font_03_sfnt_off0001328c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1328C 17868 bytes
SHA-256: 04b6321937bd27450845192b919707eb236281b319b221ace829e76b55dc10d6