Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c4dcc9b98b5962e3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 02:53:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: bd72d085c53e60d8f56cdb9e0d246bed SHA-1: f4983f438292ee4a95323f5a37abe17736394c27 SHA-256: c4dcc9b98b5962e3fa0cf2e0fd47b1aca2d47488b746c9eab60a37b55cc20a68
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable domains. The embedded URLs suggest an attempt to distribute phishing content or further malware payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 https://k-newsletter.com/ckupload/files/46934148307.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mm4h51942rn7b2lc1g94kfg7ld/64391614458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/noviworubokopawaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec6817e53dbc64cad8e4a480f9143462/winevuvodona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkquiz.com/userfiles/file/67756730711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/1608f7c8d430cb---fawevivodapaparikek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://silky.ae/images/bulk_images/files/19615528842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sambometal.com/dataroom/file/vusojidilogifonoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b19afe95dea---kekawokikej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://z500.si/files/wimazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://engroupe.ca/aym_image/files/zoxemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076e530283b3---pogolorufute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actor-conseil.com/files/file/34206086845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitydm.eu/slicice/file/84027646916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hrampetraipavlavosstanovlenie.ru/content/images/user/file/genolusizagej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cometsecurity.in/admin/userfiles/file/kuworefibavivupalabulovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ab566871ff---rewawuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlzj.net/upload/files/20210629005628331782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dh5fc7eae0da36d87gfsmgh9v7/52815396426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aristi-trap.com/upload/users/files/54364669733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b66817c53fb---renokelepabixadakakedulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.3dreamchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/624330a819dc00e8bae2ebf09c43ae0a/42595335164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095dc631e133---dimurubigoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freebcard.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dulekimeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fabe4a40fea---dezimaxatukatiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maychamsocda.vn/images/userfiles/file/3492695280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=two+hand+process+chartPDF 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_off0000ef73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF73 17432 bytes
SHA-256: 2e800efbaf563f135b673be0092e389dff39ec5e71bef2646b508f3e6c742595
font_01_sfnt_off00011c0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C0B 10520 bytes
SHA-256: 44446c355fdd216e73b9e17341efdc902a37436abcc427079c728c34e4eed972
font_02_sfnt_off00013408.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13408 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1