Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ab3de50d4558bfc7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-24 11:03:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: ca4daad4660bcb44d03095e66baf4137 SHA-1: 1ed760957bdc9fdd5250fef8794f9454923a4ca5 SHA-256: ab3de50d4558bfc74bc8f4ee52aefcd4e977960ec4315060ae8d0f2fb120cf1c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external PDFs hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute further malicious content. The presence of a 'download' button lure reinforces the phishing or malware distribution objective.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132c67957050---zudebos.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0085e092019a4aee4513f4d885aee538/91451389026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b061951f04---kijaninaxibinego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bandenplaats.nl/cmsimages/file/laretik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ijiantu.com/filespath/files/20210924145041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://footstepfloor.com/upfiles/files/88977578311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zaintik.org/files/galeria/files/35382338134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2m3fgsssgl2d1p3mphfm51ujqe/64829304763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jobcred.com/rk/jobcred/uploads/image/file/40139938613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bitree.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/litogexejavagar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cancercareresearch.com/userfiles/file/9691663822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cc482b3819---12640815271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tezerwatch.com/file/upload/files/09-10-10-19-52-65.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jills.reviewz.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/42612203976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://praktijk-fix.nl/userfiles/image/file/juduliguzavuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lifesmart.lifesmart.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31654782803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pomocnaukowa.net/Upload/file/koxelebopulodepap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biocoop.legreniervert.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pegegikumasotetasobit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kjphotocon.org/data/userfiles/files/pokuxawop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lakshimi-kaatsu.com/user_data/packages/default/imgfiles/riwemimefuzoliguzub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161440dd6105b1---27018372786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creationart.hu/files/file/69078548316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baschin-heizung.de/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/nubuvopifezukojofex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parquesanalbertohurtado.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25328719876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shriayurvednagpur.org/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45309595989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appartenvue.net/appart/upload/images/49436696555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=what+are+apk+filesPDF 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_off0000dc4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC4D 17456 bytes
SHA-256: 751cfd800bad9cb1831a4165d0e39da0eab958bf4d73c34871b5f1b0713b4169
font_01_sfnt_off00010982.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10982 10316 bytes
SHA-256: 44f04aca7b737c1db2c15e79ab46049c0ad30424d13ee9abdb5782f9ac8dded8
font_02_sfnt_off000120ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120ED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1