Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b4e4e5ed6e4f8072…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-07-21 03:20:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: a98add64e53bd51034967eaba96dcfe6 SHA-1: b038ee10c98c6df1c14215a3035576c8cf9b1858 SHA-256: b4e4e5ed6e4f8072538615a45b2eff4d82240fe920bd65301e3162dea747bc01
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, likely intended to trick users into downloading a secondary payload. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports this phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 http://pspectr.ru/userfiles/file/vupezudareripidunudonumes.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099e0003571e---73007586051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab976d008e2---jijovirepukozurupekare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alternativecarrepair.com/userfiles/file/16678854267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c1d688ddc1---xunumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b4c08232ee---vijosadiret.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087f2669cfba---dajewozuresatixagokegozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gshosnab.ru/userfiles/file/31871269268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alperbehang.nl/userfiles/file/vijamexomenusud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a18e91d069f---41426786026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fd-health.com/upload/ckeditor/files/zebomikapekisiwan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://graffitipaintstudio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24210b54e5f4f95eaa5eaf25bb0c0c5f/13363409396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.org/upload/gepivasovawoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8q8eq1j6581849a55sg6o1inj7/tudidozozuwuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tonitomov.com/picture/file/basanabonibitabasidoganan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://refah4ter.info/basefile/hotelrefah4terir/files/rorutogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f7b7009c0b---88181650726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b9d398a5f8---15016711452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thuaphatlaihanoi.net/uploads/files/36375085131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb7d0b62a8d---60656309783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b04efef4be---telusixolonabizotup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083deff533ec---24356739774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/7935630236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608501827b361---91659415823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6464fab98e7cf23a78dba840352f6eae/41646724787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=plus+2+1st+year+arts+bookPDF 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_off0000eda1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDA1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000105b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105B8 10524 bytes
SHA-256: 56f7b9f6b59d9a01d0e0501aef54dfc338dcaab4a5940cbbe23c0e7a369a1c84
font_02_sfnt_off00011e16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E16 17020 bytes
SHA-256: 63bb852c4b83ad69c0590e126109a28e2dd07a296691fe145c20a312f0d80fa5