Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b43b7b8248cc837a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.2 KB Created: 2021-10-03 12:45:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 6897a25012a1802dfe2b8040b9495385 SHA-1: 0eb8fdc4821f7ad60f95d2cdb6b1ae8cc388cfa6 SHA-256: b43b7b8248cc837a3045dfda713612c2696defdb7cdac307e287aa1745dbafa8
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

This PDF is identified as a phishing lure, likely containing a screenshot that prompts the user to click on embedded links. The links predominantly point to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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
  • 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 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://elitaliaweb.it/upload/file/92557524387.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141a7329ec32---49265989885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161442c6be5cde---52821154241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rhoptik.cz/klienti/devel/sneznerolby.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58291035215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16150d8c84d5d3---9581398446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6ca78d1394e6bfad2dcf93a9a1aa3b8/gutox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615436c1e0b01---19057058585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kungfuclasshongkong.com/louis/taichi/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xujeseretut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1qjd.com/upload/files/2021-09-08-04-30-30-SQeg5XVg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145be2116b22---69963605119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://condominiobrisasdelnorte.com/userfiles/file/lujota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becucci.it/userfiles/files/34253645221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hybsch.it/upload/file/bejanikavifis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ideal-site.ru/userfiles/file/pekivemuwewowagaxik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swaminarayangm.org/userfiles/file/54861360971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613aac0500ab0---25787982235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jilienjrubin.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/54520829396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n-vv.dk/userfiles/file/diroxuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.euro-fly.eu/userfiles/files/buvokenumedavilobemevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goez1.com/10005001208290177/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13125936015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3784c8aba2e50fc165ce96d90fdf77c9/83678356991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=things+to+do+in+alor+setarPDF 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_off0000aff9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAFF9 14220 bytes
SHA-256: d63f6b250533328410f88f3e48402efb8f9bd5b708136ae93158d94869dbc1cc
font_01_sfnt_off0000d38f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD38F 10488 bytes
SHA-256: 2fe85daa1653512340536283e72d2a41cf614fa159a4887c2a743c4deea123da
font_02_sfnt_off0000eb21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB21 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1