Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a4c56358f37c96c6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.0 KB Created: 2021-09-24 04:46:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 00a1031abe5f4f33c2bab035bdb654b3 SHA-1: 8e18550160afb07db12d982c93d88befcd442bb6 SHA-256: a4c56358f37c96c69d08a89adcefc92f912d8aafd6cd342b988d9ac9856d8430
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised websites and IP addresses, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. The PDF_IMAGE_LURE heuristic indicates it likely presents a screenshot to mask clickable actions, a common tactic for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9931

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 67 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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.
  • 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://pnktools-th.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8014689581.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fffb1acd49---2044418145.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://petra-dario.info/upload/datoteke/18303301672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braghieriarchitettura.com/userfiles/files/wumug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruiqingchem.com/upload/files/82921139976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matkinhantai.com/luutru/files/wuvevotenijelipoted.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://96662888.com/editor_upload/file/49815236781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yourhealthyanswer.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27955330519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145d15ae86e1---kawob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konakelektrik.com/userfiles/file/24248231301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onthespothousing.com/userfiles/file/57742261617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pn-tech.net/userData/board/file/71659725112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--eyt274i.com/upload/files/86606595653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qa2401jfs0v6eorfl07uc0ei93/bolamumobaduwilusasijifok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kmkmekanik.com/upload/ckfinder/files/26321227727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanasushipickup.com/uploads/files/kizivadibovikozoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuttotop.com/userfiles/files/vukiduvikitikop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://segurosjdd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59md4o71otd1p0vglv3cl8gnc7/jeraduwuwiluripilokidebuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://st03.it/userfiles/files/pipapowezawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stsaischoolamritsar.com/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/40209177545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://photopoligrafic.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49370714961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isdoor.ru/uploads/files/98980783207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://casasholidays.com/scgtest/team-explore/uploads/files/10203981405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ammk.sk/userfiles/file/51442776114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gobarging.com/uploads/textareas/file/65413140364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=sea+of+monsters+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_off0000afb9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAFB9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c7cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7CB 14140 bytes
SHA-256: 4c710c849498b15e239c82bca8abe8895700a7ad9af215130f6edcd108331a9d
font_02_sfnt_off0000ea88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA88 10596 bytes
SHA-256: 903c5d2b4b297fddb9a54df815ce94cea93d4776b9a73a72ef8ef9212037d33b