Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4cec3617a2f16338…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-06-21 15:32:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 9303d0f5e3df37a0a4fdebabc7c76092 SHA-1: d4199aeb7a08081d9d9de661f1351a482b3aefd1 SHA-256: 4cec3617a2f16338e0330b4527456c239a79fb86c7816946d0c4c3d2de7f4858
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to trick users into downloading a malicious file. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9997

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
  • 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://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6ac070d3d8---24989758778.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a099ac3d015---36371623036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drwatsonsr.com/clients/2/2b/2b9a0cf27321ceab3a47fbd10bf94d34/File/zemoduge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worthingtonpark101.com/userimages/pamazebugogavarogodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b35881b374---zivupedamexisavebowog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1857eb1a2efce4a48724f5db093981b2/rakebanosedodeliwipivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lastcallslc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6673451e276c78db5b57a6d13da1ed0e/pewowipeduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160788ae097abe---18070427825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f90i77sburdgijn03b5tanaaao/bagokabejapexatikinuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lsgi2i2nvit32sirne047lopoo/71797417960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapeutickemasaze.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607781d2eaa14---87017509152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tavcam.com/upload/ckfinder/files/44694825694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://him-home.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c49b91f7a72135475b32feb07a51ad03/xaxagofogenevopukapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opakowania-loga.pl/zdjecia/fotki/file/lofaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca257b7e96---farotenoxovil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=magnetism+and+electromagnetism+questions+and+answers+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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn 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_off0000fd4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD4A 5700 bytes
SHA-256: 80d6c2c4462d506202f9fc66f827fcc7bb4efe44c2f8ec7584159f516e93f07e
font_01_sfnt_off000110b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110B4 11552 bytes
SHA-256: b2092771481d85d4a9343ec26eeb7f0ebc33922a2f3589a1052002d404ff0d94
font_02_sfnt_off000137ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137EA 16192 bytes
SHA-256: f7c959ef3840947929b2fbf21a6f844c3d2ba9157ff04f9c13ff486e75cc34e4