Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b549c5ec4532176b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.0 KB Created: 2021-05-19 15:11:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: d4aa1e5548a06c6e0322a2dfe578fd35 SHA-1: 618e3d862b65474a5a6d2f47bceac51d4a9e348c SHA-256: b549c5ec4532176b253eed5e370468cb414caba892bb647602de18e11549105c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to download further malicious PDFs hosted on compromised websites. The presence of multiple links to distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress installations, suggests an attempt to distribute malware through a deceptive download lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160829da5b22aa---35095047692.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607175524aa34---gezadememonagiwisidaribok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160915f4467d72---72871255234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160755d13b4549---lisonewamarimaditorirur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8eb09a1d5bca087d58968b0a02ad9173/rolisenusufolajizivutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aa04ef3ea4---38088443696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076d053122c1---zodorumozadakewikoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c54736c1b678f3d64141582c585e9486/85564081807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeronautike.com/userfiles/file/tupilefazunapugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estigotours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2340edff0cbecc3a63c278b45ad4ee77/71147598872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082acb34691f---xusukuvinigubeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/jibimapawedirisabevizofat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tanyadantus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09db8575fe1e1a85610da33ea99ea3f2/77240039976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tdfn06iej8i9m291tldjpltm66/91461787736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89n4q7k2rnuv7idvgl2kepg9el/wibiramodibisuzibito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tr7p95bv88jv78uag9d0cdveo5/99592841649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e3504e835e5394943625d946b1e0029/xuzodazopupegevup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e3d045fd39---93249483812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+make+unlimited+money+in+offroad+outlawsPDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d8c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8C8 5272 bytes
SHA-256: d0183d137d82049d1c211aec05c46210699a5c985f43e57cc1db4e94ce2bb8b3
font_01_sfnt_off0000eab5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAB5 10612 bytes
SHA-256: ef78e6f34676eed496ec4cb3f972b650fecfd98017c28cb860177f60d7bd8dfe