Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c4d4b91068d4ceb9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-09-16 10:43:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 2c23c58b39dbc65beca1a9223536be60 SHA-1: 865fba7cca444da66ea03e15db121199f85adc8e SHA-256: c4d4b91068d4ceb9d1d6faae939cfa52e5d51e680e4d7bcbba595f54e1ea875c
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as a phishing trojan. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious content. The presence of urgency lures and download buttons further supports a phishing or scamming intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139b20565c8f---59247688075.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://toroisg.com/public/images/files/19604820618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yasairamenbar.com/uploads/files/jujeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sd-admin.fazendapenaazul.com/ckeditor/uploads/files/10114875314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ottopianos.nl/files/govupobag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobaths.ph/app/webroot/img/files/97542943169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.profiemg.cz/upload/ck/files/xoxanawamed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suprastoc.ro/userfiles/file/8548290046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metalltechnik-kutschi.at/virowodewusigot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klubkanine.com/home/klub/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15412776725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehedgerowchronicles.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/farujilemomikafabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npk-bypassdrr2.com/file_media/file_image/file/73389130365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naszymsladem.pl/upload/file/18627493801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hockjoohin.com/admin/uploads/file/7483087302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-lobnya.ru/upload_picture/file/vunodujamitarorujuxukege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161345f25d2b44---88795205469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecole.ru/text/images/file/79254221831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sro52.ru/uploads/files/zelafezubilon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxurybaths.marblobaths.ph/app/webroot/img/files/53699351566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c7c034e826---16193463923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moto-bike.pl/userfiles/file/punajabodokavoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herium.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210912_982AD57D9A564A6B.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drivingschool-brno.eu/files/rivogokotakuwozetebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=best+app+for+editing+videos+for+instagramPDF 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_off0000e698.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE698 10912 bytes
SHA-256: 949d6350449021f40c587f49a568366fac2e7871b93797ce8b6e35ee2179d719
font_01_sfnt_off0000ffb4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFB4 19208 bytes
SHA-256: 0a4d4a1b217bdd04bf5af0778b0757bea08405873d5df0dfce6973606e45db05
font_02_sfnt_off00013239.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13239 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1