Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 549dd6815eb56341…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-08-21 22:10:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 9aee37178a520d70d0f2f6bfa436f609 SHA-1: ba0c47033c6c4eb95c659e128fe8b1c3f647dcfa SHA-256: 549dd6815eb56341c204a681af58855aebb8a62a029c5762919a0634e9658f0e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The file contains numerous links hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a92fd7e275e---dukobugasugak.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mistral-paints.cz/userfiles/files/kutibis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/282f1ee3caeafe0bd6704f33edfd3828/duzipodagubejatikuwazutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69m50rou9qbct937kvruhrjhpp/39560780884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-engine.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92663463325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099c7e97b5b7---61031425066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lboq764mhvolc7t3rpk01lorl2/62089363780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16119494d66643---sopuwagezawasiliwesutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colormotion.cz/UserFiles/file/72463026487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yocarbroker.com/upload/ckfinder/files/36475342181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca1206293ff---fetoxuzufewepimofix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16119c4506ac12---48634322396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.waetsukai.jp/system/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wujorexifizugadevawedesak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jr-bang.com/uploadfiles/20210704205728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radio-salsa.com/php/rs/filesupload/file/nigozanaxuvalawilekevux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://girl0229960192.com/upload/users/files/bivonofevivosokesimuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suacuacuontoanphat.com/upload/files/fulifuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingdynamics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc1576f85c02ce18b7b04254e1c45cc2/24448736333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jxlmedu.com/file/files/20210805_181652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttworld.hu/uploads/content_files/files/15530632399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c40c4ace94a---75154316398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=%C3%B6zel+%C3%B6%C4%9Fretim+y%C3%B6ntemleri+%C3%A7%C4%B1km%C4%B1%C5%9F+kpss+sorular%C4%B1+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_off0000e7c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7C8 12084 bytes
SHA-256: 60445d72b20e8850066876febd50ae19aa96b2a5bc9dc040f04d81f998c532b9
font_01_sfnt_off00010392.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10392 18420 bytes
SHA-256: 8a5b37dd9b840565e3dc86df828da3691401af241f088959ee890f4bf439065c
font_02_sfnt_off0001331f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1331F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1