Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c4964047ccf7cfc2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.5 KB Created: 2021-08-01 20:04:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 10332df0ed44a454f10473f9af787bd7 SHA-1: cb1e46fac002785a9b3cbe36280bd7e75f9dc2e6 SHA-256: c4964047ccf7cfc256bbe2352fb0d3e8c58cc2baf34e82dcdb7c466f1adbebb9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised websites, likely to facilitate phishing attacks or distribute further malware. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of disposable hosting services suggest an effort to obscure the ultimate destination and evade detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9888

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://xn--clinicaquirogavilario-vbc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dl8qgpsts7pvhk4km4ahtnu0n1/jebizitakezopumesawugo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://eaeocs.com/clients/c/c7/c75ed17bfa54634cfc1039f1b599a7e7/File/61497661831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de898bb2bbe126d591681f1d37c7fd75/86576685826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2506ee6e11---rinixifopewopufeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbe1d00795d---jumifalij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/092fac95bd4832011ba8f713929cef45/10935100958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a835fdbbee9---79751567881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easternhoteljeju.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210626_CA06506A2FB55B8D.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stacjaregeneracja.pl/userfiles/file/bemuwiregabame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auxerretv.com/content/public/file/74604697263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agisma.ru/files/pages/files/kasomagokirejenebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laptopplus.be/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/rubegalesube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dfh-consulting.com/userfiles/file/36284842976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drapa-technika.cz/UserFiles/File/gozogowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coinmarketsuite.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tetotudovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carnavaldemarbella.com/Senegal_5/Content/files/userfiles/file/12187396466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adb7e7e57d0---77013915670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiron-ventures.com/chiron/home/img/upload/files/2106211051233859373dwiu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d21598584e5---29417690862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf8c4683bff---90252891628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jljihvou1obs98i6tpq5m00use/garumunozofem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lokale-uzytkowe.pl/uploades/fckeditorfile/vafubojusawafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ig3u5lsj4t9to67mlav2sjfkib/25992178915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smithsgame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/80764457701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bertrandetgastineaudesigners.com/userfiles/file/batege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160736e67a3b0e---89899261678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+do+the+one+punch+man+challengePDF 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_off000112c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112C7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012ad9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AD9 17264 bytes
SHA-256: 04ffe7d9bd1db3a48e83400b34abe5c553e525c840e3c65413150e510b9762e3
font_02_sfnt_off000157bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x157BD 10776 bytes
SHA-256: d7bc80fd9efdd086311ca6e5a1c24d307605e37759a4acf7295006847e9affd8