Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4e5e3f785c402421…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.8 KB Created: 2021-09-04 04:05:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: c36e2bf399ac1743ab0ece80ab220193 SHA-1: 47653f68331695e64506e3bd5e4bdedfd68673c9 SHA-256: 4e5e3f785c4024214e6da16c8ed94e7ac11673b12bccc4f91597515b1a53f705
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection as a phishing trojan. The file contains numerous links to external PDFs hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm for SEO poisoning or phishing. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports a malicious intent to trick the user into downloading a payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://zamel2.pl/userfiles/file/lupajunajufurosuju.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tribo.kz/userfiles/File/13368698133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/670911de05fbce849f63066dc3a96f43/49213397648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a136572b7d7---zigevas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumcsp.com/uploads/files/6510577889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabrikangka.com/contents//files/xutozizigofujigudir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84dd6a45c182b394a249eb25e80b23c6/kafemuxejukimoginiwotema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce7db215acc5e06d2e402e11e460eb2d/42513776140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiambreszav.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84cda4792fa18f0db042c7af8f797202/wivixipanituwav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160882c8a6ee57---88172426458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://texasstatealphaxialumnae.com/clients/f/fe/fe72632f573fdc77cca6b85875c63e8a/File/55850575895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shqinze.net/admin/upimg/file///79742943569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://urbanlivin.lu/userfiles/files/86021403613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhodnoceni-penez.cz/is/images/FCKeditor/File/73505095414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://printjet.pl/pliki_user/File/zipetesawidufopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yenhuy.vn/upload/files/69873380298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietbikhachsanvinhhung1.com/upload/files/9967338111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c01d6dadac517fb4bca694cc793d3d4/56910206755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gugbva1jnv1tq9v0q6q2bcath7/63452855745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ccb389196f---kerazakogudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiberglasssupplydepot.com/userfiles/files/74978822596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beastyenergy.com/userfiles/file/93213357739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160830bdb190aa---26992999486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aneri12.eu/res/file/zurubame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bzws.zhanyougame.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gawimazadabol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=primavera+p6+free+tutorial+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_off00011432.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11432 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012c44.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C44 20400 bytes
SHA-256: 800bc37af70496e8a09e069fff12b6de03b4630c612b93cc6d92803d05ab804a
font_02_sfnt_off000160c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x160C7 10720 bytes
SHA-256: 2bfebb464d748917c91d0bf4f0ce32155f840171f518a5a0018030df0548ff90