Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c478a1065c185842…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 21:08:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 072af9bcb1f64f5c564ed069247ca3fa SHA-1: ca0c86c68155615a85671fb5c49d065ef3e03eb8 SHA-256: c478a1065c18584213a5b31825d846d10233a0f497e5d18935a36493910d7e8c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, with several pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating a potential phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of a spearphishing attachment used to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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.parquesanalbertohurtado.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lagose.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aa293230d6---bagemawuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldmedglobal.com/userfiles/files/lizogegudajovuxizinolafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b2d8a96f8a---20935552432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30a469aafbebc8000db498e8ae14dafc/3734997339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jadever.vn/Images_upload/files/fesolidagibodipudedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae94d4a1241---59904020695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abyway.lv/images/ck_images/files/vibifozuwiliguvegidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://istrouma1971.com/clients/9/9b/9b88b062b8d6af44b28e209fcb06d7d5/File/beduwovorasadikudizunite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stardentalcare.org/userfiles/file/58232821934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8i07i25bos9ccnlvja8olkbik6/19967195205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de1e1de43839c2ca90a63c7dce06aae5/ziguxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbursa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076244c0e701---33082166918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aovmmg7nl8mcm4prmulv8djak5/bowuzin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gelateriacool.it/userfiles/files/mizelaxoxuzab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capitaleny.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfdae7c69c34fd60d2639f9554017a24/80086356713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da7e4bf948cb9fda9ed31953956c97fb/65293612661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harnoordesigns.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nj66o1ov02poc5grtqj6d38m94/kubatowajopunuwuregawow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://larrialdiak.es/files/galeria/files/gabawamifawev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2281710edb7253fbab7db95200c3926d/44093652671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ghnservizi.com/file/94497430315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banhangcongnghe.com/upload/FCK/file/2077348640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozona.pt/wysiwygfiles/file/wobukisavevaruda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://b2cexpressdemo.com/userfiles/file/13308761770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5daed74a6f7f32076f82abe06a32ced/27420310472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=geotechnical+engineering+short+notes+pdfPDF 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_off0000d266.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD266 17692 bytes
SHA-256: b119fd186c8f34669734a9e169214362ac321b2a4469a5127d990727813c92d7
font_01_sfnt_off00010061.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10061 10940 bytes
SHA-256: aec0079c41048e9c7a6d63f732eec4b4b3ec0c154f610e8237256ff079206cc7
font_02_sfnt_off0001197a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1197A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1