Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 abe4cbcfbfd089ef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 14:38:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: af19d03621750016063e53afce26a69b SHA-1: 54b194a64764d60287f205e256a46d50e288faa4 SHA-256: abe4cbcfbfd089efd5b7bb383dca5988795f2818d4cbe8bbbeb39a5fb1338a72
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting an attempt to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics indicate a phishing or credential harvesting attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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 http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b24640c997c---39790570846.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://slstudio.it/userfiles/files/nenijorigavufoxodopixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cengilli.com/icerik_images/file/rupepologadakitewetibisig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c907bbec460---didixeguvumujepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed7fad06ba1c8d7b5e778d5687dcacc4/75298368304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081ecb7bd688---49351685529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acc71060d95---xotazexosafewebamud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brickform.cz/obrazky/files/37905846104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b02cf086b9---kafelixepejesegegaribi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070864503052---wudugazoguvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f4e0a58d8cc9c5dafe87377436eccbd/gokukadasipagekaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baileysmilk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84aae27874220d6181a4e1f3a56bbe53/rexufupogamefirepofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9332d8a584---91909263932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlinepravenconsultant.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/16044385083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://htwy.com/upload/file/42139978454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.icslights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5490d8f963d82e01cd36d877b32bb086/lutajuvuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092128b5b9d4---gamatinugokovepalukibewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webbuilders.com/files/file/viboxevixowavewigoribija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usagimatur.com/files/others/semipelanisuviriwur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cungcapthitdetuoi.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/jegekitilokewepujazod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bedandbreakfastchia.it/userfiles/file/vodafopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flvirginia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b18fd54de123128c17e03cd350c01354/36419023930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cck-brno.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40591982142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pooahs266vcvc1pfq48b2qbp53/36651303770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=electronic+circuits+1+by+a.p.godse+u.a.bakshi+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_off0000d609.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD609 11448 bytes
SHA-256: 804c2a566aa48bba62d691cfe45596fc82364122f3b7a5d34def5e1df36ad648
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0B5 17572 bytes
SHA-256: 777bd11db57618f1f942440ee443d3b3c2bc9def005e450a9708a8f925038884
font_02_sfnt_off00011e9c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E9C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1