Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4c65cf6516732616…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 06:38:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: a981254398a193cddd5eaedf35f8e895 SHA-1: c192e99a831145f14330d4e0741c6d9216448f66 SHA-256: 4c65cf6516732616d540ffc49a483a59c12d254191b5e9af733f25f5b0126699
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF is identified as a phishing lure due to its image-heavy nature and embedded links pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The document likely aims to redirect users to malicious content hosted on these compromised sites, potentially for further exploitation or credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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 http://af.ssla.ru/images/fornews/files/80954358432.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b66bd6a597ba260ac256796b15b7835/79180248104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiolegalezullo.eu/userfiles/files/jiduxapixulawedenokasabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd996fb63e0871dc8195a4302d7c6a31/tidamed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2f01cc76d2---runekuvavabovelur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe927a36ff57598d5d271b6b9cbb965c/tuxino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16127b4b40dd69---73322563457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-lightingcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c66260bbe2a75cb1063cd73b4660fe35/79889599925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://st03.it/userfiles/files/60670502318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://househouse.it/userfiles/files/gifosewij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozanatalan.com/iboard/includes/userfiles/files/69478432010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeusjtu.pretty-match.com/upload/files/livebilapawuwuridalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnc-soustruzeni.cz/files/file/39206684967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44c91b9ce214c13fc46eb326460574d6/92103574828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vanrun-it.nl/userfiles/files/logiladi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa364f564804f00b9be3ae630ecaea3b/kosagezevitugokomakeguda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0ad9845ed1---44669179356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dafe71ce263---82448378627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cfacgroup.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/vadebeponirefewagozopuret.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafesca.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25970625265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doluhosting.com/calisma2/files/uploads/vizekenineneve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161254bc9c4d49---nafunabuzolizikusutavuxet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=friday+humor+imagesPDF 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_off0000b7c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB7C3 13868 bytes
SHA-256: 9d231f0e06e93b32d4b28ff8a267fea0aa93b992bd5c74038c746af9cb5cf5c1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d999.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD999 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f1b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1B0 10636 bytes
SHA-256: bc3be512c393564b9010c7068b71404059e50349c5546bd2e8907e3489894b0e