Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a4148c2fb0caf06e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.7 KB Created: 2021-07-30 19:20:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: edf9776ad76e81d6b44228c86b3391d4 SHA-1: 09b39fc24cf4e250923a3805265fe3c8968e5465 SHA-256: a4148c2fb0caf06e966429394ae100bf044c95529fecddea49afd59c2d087b48
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, some of which are compromised CMS uploads or hosted on disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were extracted, the presence of numerous external links and the heuristic findings point towards a phishing lure designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://ottopianos.nl/files/makabuwilamop.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d06e1fea21b4b3febf79932c1075f220/vibiwemevoxegudikewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southwest66reunion.com/clients/f/f6/f6f8b7bd17d60304c359e527a2c43449/File/taxozit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2bb721b39f763747702d40ef8745c60/rokuxodexokuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://host.keraladreamhomes.com/~viswabrahmathach/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/51908070400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ce47066db7---namajoliwib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf2b788993c---43825518157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cc107e09fa---92841334035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beetsom.com/PROGRAM_FCKeditor_UserFiles/file/11653858856098aa621c786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22ff1bb29ba1e9e00bde6ae3bff5e51a/13354069971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitebyside.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0aefa7ff4f3017a093fb1d5cebe7d32/3742409386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stallionreadymix.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076ebefed17b---gosasazetorinezama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bookatowncar.com/userfiles/file/padidowokegivawedokegubof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb4c65306c7---13725655200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k333j272o38pm7jv7h2rduf6g4/40373084978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cristal-in.fr/userfiles/file/fibotoxogojewunuwafunuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b6a613733b---rewojine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leavereview.com/customerinterview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dojoworivogezowiloxaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c89f803c7ea0fed39f787f1e232e8554/1085758014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e9b2ee51d4---nadefimeganebanuxewob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607688b7dfe1d---14530074907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prawobrzeze.info/userfiles/file/49191001550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fnb-concepts.com/images/uploads/files/77596111728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=xbox+one+x+emulator+apk+download+for+androidPDF 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_off00010906.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10906 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012118.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12118 19128 bytes
SHA-256: 8d811923d798300181d9a5b04b3735612cf273f66072d9b6913e72ce889550e6
font_02_sfnt_off000152c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x152C8 11020 bytes
SHA-256: 6162c907c34bdabce9f0ffebb85ac7d06c79fa9961d988cc591fd9ddcf43801d

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