Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4e091fbcde387aec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.0 KB Created: 2021-08-07 15:48:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: b76a3393789b6f6daa121b795eae378c SHA-1: 92c2a3205fdc9bc320e21d65c182382ff0159580 SHA-256: 4e091fbcde387aec9854fcc00fbe6c2d4d09b090c4d37b194ec286119a4dafe0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://abaj.cz/UserFiles/File/15331926507.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ledseoul.com/userData/board/file/11295906218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kbo.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53957614032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daxitrip.com/basefile/daxitripcom/files/75852174104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://msr-hudsonproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81291d2ae7e8825b476eee474660678d/27026537482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ladyqueen.it/userfiles/files/35961608234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexhealthnutrition.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/nulofamukapotos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5184c8085ba4e33c9c601413f4014099/48014211898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ksuskalology.com/images/file/vavemikajurovupumoxota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmagame.com/userfiles/file/70776335676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c4db425796---32518489322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wohingltd.com/userfiles/lijido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntpuvoice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vemebemopebudog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wfca-czech.cz/temp/userfiles/files/wimekunubupajoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecsun-moscow.ru/docs/file/bidafusujimefam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e91f74a7c5d---7520053268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corpeverest.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5657716183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f4aot13f4g4cenfk5vnged21m/berozajilela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2a62069a3f---17726630172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a92bbc775b9---xajogeluvositigelafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160872bfd03e7c---21548953403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fd0ac3caf5---11266155075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160787970a304c---pozipibepemigagugaxoxaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=pokemon+go+weakness+chart+redditPDF 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_off00012450.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12450 10952 bytes
SHA-256: bb8526fead586658256a23987d211c658d26ed3dc4ee6e6cb2367333760ed02b
font_01_sfnt_off00013d6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D6E 19872 bytes
SHA-256: 723e4d99725503608e5d8342b7af8a97155b3d408f5d02855e7ba9843bed5957
font_02_sfnt_off0001711a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1711A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1