Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c4d5e3a7c69153bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.1 KB Created: 2021-07-29 19:43:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 8a44ddc0107340a7bfe8a4232adf4cf1 SHA-1: 649bee5bb4bc7bea48b839a050b77e301592fea8 SHA-256: c4d5e3a7c69153bb1bf264956f833a7f59d8f4b00d9e92285541ad21b2f3c53c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=class+10+english+ncert+book+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/jopologelawum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d8f5a792ce---natelag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkorphotographyguide.com/userfiles/file/3082604386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/72266114139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c92ecf24578---7350010457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee30a1b7baf00d3a5c66e4897a607dca/fisinepel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36e581a578edcb423d4d98eefd8ff09f/94151902388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://warsztatgdynia.pl/app/webroot/media/files/nufebisasekedexatugiwuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimbuunguyen.com/uploads/userfiles/file/4828179500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccbd85032e0b21a11697afe3eecdfafb/6608483594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982b05ae8ad---nibuxitadaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/km7vqtbf7ikhhidjhr1s9s52d0/sutexoleva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab4d47c9f29198db170b90b24376e265/fovifigufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://5mal4.de/moneyvidya/web/images/userfiles/file/45541131954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szakkepzosiklos.hu/upload/file/50482271551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc94101fea4---54446203236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ucinnovation.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83155674348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dc3eb57e35---gedofibuvuzenevesejexom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d7cccc8799a93cc85c9c42dc0a51f52/62652640826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e67af93a51---57022358223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davisnewfoundlandfamilyreunion.com/clients/60627/File/206504173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160719495e8539---nasibunulofefakepegezix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63f298c14a0c853ef8dcd8a174904e46/jabupevazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f589.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF589 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010d9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D9B 17392 bytes
SHA-256: d71140d63f224aeadc6f5ffaf030aa71abf184ef64c3a9b2a0ffe0856e8440f3
font_02_sfnt_off00013b59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B59 11420 bytes
SHA-256: df258493469e5685ca8f3515dd5801dfb1c1cc91f4e494c760a5e1ddf03c7cd4