Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c4176e1ba18a9de1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.9 KB Created: 2021-09-05 02:47:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 687daefab0534f9dc0537e11eb6fc750 SHA-1: 2210fcaacebd3aa544012d35f8827b0a9e4a77c8 SHA-256: c4176e1ba18a9de13c48d541da47d53fc3fcb16ab3557a485fbfdb25a66e2098
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://vstarmp.cn/upload/files/20210710_105838.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gastrotest.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bulokerezubutitupadof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bed6ea3ec562a509932457b34c037f9/50163518809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiodebiaggi.eu/userfiles/files/89154313665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waypl.pl/upload/File/43401237035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sp3siemianowice.pl/userFiles/files/nutimifopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://willmarlakesarea2040.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7202908984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ana-jsc.com/upload/files/poxisobaxosikofibanisux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c15e6f01e31---38645855546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeronautike.com/userfiles/file/mipabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd5d64e2275---40246372430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sce.tw/uploads/files/60ce93daa3361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshamiltrading.com/alshamilfiles/file/21334321240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b7ac0b510e---nolugakidafinepadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b93a9819e40---mabokelirumapidepaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juentai.com/userfiles/files/75656036091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tremonttemplemacon.com/clients/862779/File/34966999464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jngf.cn/files/file/farikodomilometisexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutricount.cz/UserFiles/File/jaxikevowogulox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alsterparkett.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j1jc5k912eba6h0jn8hai5457i/37182338070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/53785859677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkoronetour.com/userfiles/file/tawexuxabevotiwovisabenuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svetpoznaniyaonline.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f00505b0a586a42d80751269358e9c7/82528205160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c677002a52---sijuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flexinform.com/hirlevel/file/falemenezoneriwavunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=threepenny+opera+pdf+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_off0000b471.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB471 10400 bytes
SHA-256: d9d6fd6ab44cde17336c2b7d6b38d8b6b79e3612f293ebeb1c3732a5eb3232a4
font_01_sfnt_off0000cbec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBEC 16412 bytes
SHA-256: 4ce56a03ad60036b42f36bf6fb636fdac02baea8af2b3e96ef63ddd2d5fb9e3a
font_02_sfnt_off0000f5eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5EB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1