Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c4ad90cd0369fd65…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.8 KB Created: 2021-09-10 07:52:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 524948dfb65954f6470ca6141563b7dd SHA-1: ca00721293fd0315856daba5a85ca4c2a5702bb4 SHA-256: c4ad90cd0369fd65dcbe1c96135f6daa7ca940261f872bbabeb6d02a518183e9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution scenario.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51c255a01080386a9f527d7bd1452499/97202769661.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mlmrockstars.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36352452712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sumisaedu.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210910_7A0F4EED6EDE5143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vlajamo.cz/images/file/nilumuxujuwaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jnvhardoi.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pixikutozanuzijilifidabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137f0212ccda---joxasodewis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hcm-invoice.vn/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/vatejitimopikeripaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stisk.com/file/60012395882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithatmfc.com/media/ftp/file/88936443377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/463af0f03df6f6b4b824c5f97ae1b0ed/fumeponalokelefekobumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/tixirokokezivuzemefizew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dpengineerindia.com/admin/userfiles/file/bewavulasojab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seedcambodia.org/htdocs/cljr/data/files/98096120965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/au9uqbq326cq52j3i56580vbu1/zubosozufasatumerawuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://labelmarket.pl/data/file/70334511943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pluimveebeurs.com/userfiles/file/92772641623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anninhsieuthi.online/upload/files/digeteme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brukspec.pl/upload/file/75983363650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rockefellersgold.hu/editor_up/52865061492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocalderini.it/userfiles/files/80845338440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135ed6f58e84---84239606252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xebecdesign.com/xebec/userfiles/file/nasoxuvuxojeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alrashed-alsaleh.com/userfiles/files/96182842465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://panificioilcavaliere.it/userfiles/files/58836112333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conniecorsentino.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/bokegikefevojoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4spjvdn1igrchl18d8keu02mee/wawuzekawexan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=melbet+ghana+apk+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_off0000c834.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC834 10624 bytes
SHA-256: dd06ff54299f3cb146d2a1449315f6dad27a502f6c8557bba5f1af6a42f8a43b
font_01_sfnt_off0000e015.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE015 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f827.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF827 16152 bytes
SHA-256: 9b70efbcc52f6422fea30f701de2105a1daee4b19d4717cd6fcd932fb90dc2b4