Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 542b3a99be4bbe52…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-09-19 17:04:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 6c326fd64751e869fd4cf934de85775b SHA-1: b49efa5234624f3623cb28b6317b9165403d5d4c SHA-256: 542b3a99be4bbe52048ace13ec481ca166e8a6e44564c99571092fd724290a14
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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 https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614238ed6573e---banenijuwepezebesopobe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sarigol.kr/userData/ebizro_board/file/49635641884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cyc.cz/pictures/clanky/files/98429299797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delphin-bau.com/ckfinder/upload/files/bivinaxexixomukafewila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d3f354b8b4---difabuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cahayamimpi1.com/contents/files/85904039664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geomanteia.com/userfiles/files/seremu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3406d56e287e6d9c15e335eed13c81f7/55809370158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139df03e1e57---35994757839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://12shio3.com/contents/files/doralofusitedaponivufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ap-qatar.com/userfiles/files/97551888898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unsersohn.ch/images/file/nomilupisaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leguido.net/files/kikunureki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad8e2180b6e0b6c8f7cbec2cb88de059/pitowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147154ed1ce0---13365329809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140950066630---zewurolog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--aknmedical-yub.com/uploads/file/92690270490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac9b9bd05d408e34726cc3c2529f6c36/satimedopofod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mabuksusu.com/contents/files/33060308006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otevrel.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57333873390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modnyi-buket.ru/uploads/files/gerawezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=period+tracker+my+calendar+mod+apkPDF 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_off0000d945.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD945 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f157.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF157 18520 bytes
SHA-256: 68db4e74e9a8c578632e40e373e1ce545fe15891a8f529276d75be2c3682d7db
font_02_sfnt_off00012184.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12184 10712 bytes
SHA-256: 29e1ff6b2d6fd98ee7b3fda518b2805a6b33394e286be4de45d081c73b5b4868