Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 564c1b280cba6f9f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

187.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 17:01:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 3ef7b493ed6acc6102bb622cf6cfe316 SHA-1: 93d81f8f93a5e1f58f990c36a2e58f4f6c2f26da SHA-256: 564c1b280cba6f9ff2c7fe9724438cdd3c147725d386d0a5bb6b5ffa52f50b27
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting sites, likely to deliver further malicious content. The presence of external URI findings and the 'download button' heuristic suggest a lure to trick users into downloading additional malicious files.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9773

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://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf8ac0d098---23394636950.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://joy05.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/gefelinegenebijuvudiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2be907a7f363351890024614a15b4dd7/wasadegukumutizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prestinieurope.ch/userfiles/files/kezodemewakuzefufur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubselectionvoyages.com/images/file/48862875196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1915spdlst0k7fnmca3i97tg4s/rufulatupitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anandtouristcorporation.com/uploads/68316907922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/sizemowesod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088e57c7be20---weliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aunay-sous-auneau.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/paziwotokuwopazax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuatro-pr.org/sites/default/files/file/limasob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6bb5daa34dbde63de6619a781214ed47/46420556618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a932405e678---17985059661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adaviestransportltd.com/userfiles/file/pukuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sonntag-immobilien.lu/userfiles/files/79442382802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ymjgolf.com/file_media/file_image/file/xutukunuburejivasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygamedaysports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e33a1d44cb9f1e92f19a984541ffad5f/guroroladoneginadim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alacartedesign.de/userfiles/file/55302513588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhanvietgroup.com/demo/xay-dung-tnx/upload/files/5119272973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zanhotel.ro/beficientconsultingFiles/file/fasugozukagudimesaguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wksystems.net/HotelEstimator/userfiles/file/notexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvhs1980reunion.com/clients/e/e5/e5e9f74eb83211af097e98bf68d59c4c/File/xomesilipelaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monkey-do.net/userfiles/file/galoverugisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cenlajobinator.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/kexedidedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gucaoyun.com/uploads/file/100810534255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1a6c36605c---fegimekibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=introduction+to+law+lecture+notes+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_off0002775b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2775B 10752 bytes
SHA-256: 12f089fa053e9f8c16e9dd567b219bdbaa91f1b5e400b0adf96ce1e8374b7763
font_01_sfnt_off00029041.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x29041 20756 bytes
SHA-256: f1b6fdf9b5d454c15f0fa42fbc53987a05c2a65f53e0349ea2f0232a46c0740f
font_02_sfnt_off0002c609.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2C609 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1