Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 548b4aa09ffd18c3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

66.8 KB Created: 2021-06-24 16:35:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 04cb65bd106f93bf6a61574c92139f77 SHA-1: 0e478875ce447dc711e9814eb9bad5482185baeb SHA-256: 548b4aa09ffd18c34470387276bef9942c1196119d8b4a96fc30bc7d8ef965d2
172 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. It uses an urgency-based lure. 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 0.9998

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094acce50d4c---10863539070.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5221p2pukhqnf4kn8dj8jjkp62/36107653042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiencefertilization.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/xefazuxegoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cwlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/767d96b8d9f21c3a48abe2fa55c7ac7a/xezejobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071d37fae3d8---49110849055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2953e45bee7e5db537fea2fe3063b498/xaxowudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c94f11c3feb---91310382883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.derbysignandgraphics.com/uploads/file/24258707391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/995e92c2952b7cfa5f337afad8768a16/wuxitasav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079bbc05726c---18482331727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a16cbb5188b---xemak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ncdesign.it/userfiles/files/xufenamoretoxepagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://strechybenesov.cz/content/juxezagufune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d561b12dfaff1e6de76e6bfd0f1806a/mawiriraruwomizogati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095dc9bd04fb---28529384617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euroinstytut.pl/galeria/file/jutisididexulan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otelnamore.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a76851edb6072a6b5f7b8eba71ee3ee6/nemesakofiwuruseripupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aluvascientific.com/UserFiles/file/lagafuvapefanunetetisigi.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/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=sonu+ke+titu+sweety+full+movie+free+downloadPDF 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

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c532.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC532 5472 bytes
SHA-256: 964fedd47ef389d119a63556aef557aa2cfd22ef5cb989188f0de96996723d7b
font_01_sfnt_off0000d7d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7D9 11116 bytes
SHA-256: 990d0321196832471353bf53dc34c971876b0ce53976773a91a7bdde0380726c