Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 75c1b093270790f5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.3 KB Created: 2021-09-19 05:29:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: b5a9afcfeee9543d00e86bc7a972e3aa SHA-1: e05b5f82d88b61bd1d2143b6030759744f1b0f9a SHA-256: 75c1b093270790f5e3803302cef1d31688b864d7b94c7777fee57bfea1621172
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and an ML classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to host or distribute malicious files. The presence of a download button lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614392e7aea3a---38372581781.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aventura-agence.lu/userfiles/files/darapufijolelekefasisiwik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f2d7bb38b5---38073605478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domusanna.it/userfiles/files/51929683895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613638c56e705---geluvolukanemarusiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-lobnya.ru/upload_picture/file/48063126764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wx-test.com/upload/ckimg/files/202109121427136903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://magiccat.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58040280134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://niagarablock.com/application/webroot/userfiles/file/4795398935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longtra.vn/userfiles/file/18555572322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konchris.com/userfiles/file/1631390213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://celyroknaterase.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/77886514005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gardens-spa.com/user_pict/file/23999758152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-cluny.cz/UserFiles/file/54787145110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wizzfizz.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28240666893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landatur.com/files/galeria/files/65554958857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunrise-photon.com/upfiles/editor/files/11186284388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpghollywood.com/userfiles/files/58865358671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/60963135382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fine-cottage.ru/userfiles/files/84436898729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yunglin.com/uploadpic/files/83888905054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exhibitionchannel.com/upload/zejure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retailpark.bg/uploads/wysiwyg/files/lapivaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanaelectric.com/userData/board/file/87789190583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=marathi+movie+torrent+magnetPDF 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_off0000bf8b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF8B 10400 bytes
SHA-256: ca2c90f089eed7e69696289c4fa435da0fb194e60bc30e52e26d40f35ffba4c5
font_01_sfnt_off0000d6ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6EA 21132 bytes
SHA-256: 9290a64f5c9e2171ef89a2ad3333f18dc5c54c66b3e54e308022943f97068b42
font_02_sfnt_off00010e81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E81 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1