Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b4b190382df110a0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-07-02 10:42:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 15b94f1760a034fc18f4b79fa70b4fc0 SHA-1: d174c3b9e24a18b75b4a799e22f41b82aada8adf SHA-256: b4b190382df110a07fd2305c2c4c943c0f4586e1e9490ec7830170502ae60dd7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c504b21df45---55578905976.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca2f1a68ad5eef3a9a3716bc4555bd43/dereragomowev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hf211es5l5pf2slmj76jqj12rf/mogumazupumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pampa.be/uploads/userfiles/files/13306664115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cepsagibyachtfuels.com/images/photos/18984202410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betenenergy.com/sites/default/files/file/xetivobegifiwubasedun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da0f1a8e9a0---tefiwuwixojomasobufuxis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c87a34ce93b---18444963538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/904a142c6a80b781bbe81e8122d4e46a/34290265620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actorconseil.com/files/file/83114458023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/808417429c62d0c4f25c7d6983199727/bikil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alsumiri.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d0f660e67ac48f08b222aeaf94ff9cc/25677510735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aqcons.vn/upload/files/80475128970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onnetsolution.in/userfiles/file/52479370791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stoewebdesign.no/userfiles/file/69965387609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idroter.org/userfiles/files/lusarak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086c41cbcd1b---35224949026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44df9ee120cd9cb38d4ec7303926d105/81907804446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://futurepoolandspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guledafakemajifapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bocamvigliesrooms.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eeb54d8631cd87c9cb2e757f2890bacd/41913466075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2478.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85679255596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premiumvipbusiness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea2b40c23f67cd975e908559381829e4/44104241734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=a+serbian+movie+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000f66a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF66A 10688 bytes
SHA-256: 8adf53727ea611cf6de7a8f5944f38af41e3ca531c2fd6fee4562db5857c1d68
font_01_sfnt_off00010ef2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EF2 17132 bytes
SHA-256: 189e8ae1586871f2411d5480b8c1e5a4c0edb440bd548d241c62e68d1b25d62c
font_02_sfnt_off00013b6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B6C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1