Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c835ea7626649675…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.6 KB Created: 2021-09-26 00:17:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 575351870f6aa49a0ded6d1a390a3e5f SHA-1: 946bea9fb4eae5f7b376cf96cd2177d317ea8dc9 SHA-256: c835ea7626649675905a249b787eaccebfa00f567fe2c4bf64623ca86cf4f8f2
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, including being image-heavy with minimal text and containing numerous external links. The presence of multiple links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings strongly indicate a malicious intent to deceive users into visiting potentially harmful URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 67 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/stmvn9inln2dlpmj8060lej2li/20052405680.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tverzhilservis.ru/foktver.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/firaramod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://circolosilverblufitnessclub.eu/userfiles/files/45855935419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parfumerieindex.nl/images/uploads/2392173504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hitechdentalhouston.com/uploads/files/76389725270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bharatceramics.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5003696649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1adcbbai1bezln.xn--p1ai/content/File/jafumupiratogemefawej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brawlcall.jordanadams.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fekipojosoworasujoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinocastillo.hu/editor_up/xinosumer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iphone-odklep.si/vsebina/1736926557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://susasoft.com/upload/userfiles/files/wiwobamevebinugig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/844dc5c9f84a58b5d0a909d47fc520d0/8562729186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bpn4g0l7kckq3psc5q2cp5smsp/92639156638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asoriofrio.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31974661528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axiomestates.com/userfiles/file/kewimuvisiviwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automozg.by/upload/editor/files/zitamajukewapakumosek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/ropobodaronugojagofux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2cafc3ad68ad3228b1059359e612102/6719621691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sancheonglittletheaters.com/upload/userfiles/2021/09/files/210906030736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosantese.eu/userfiles/files/dewibefumexuvaleb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sangolongphuong.vn/longphuong/news/files/tojebariwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jinyezi.cn/upload/dalapepagadanotebiwilenek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://varosom.hu/userfiles/files/81205296749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614d1d5ba5350---zugipobenetamofokonozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=dream+player+tv+premiumPDF 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_off0000ae50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAE50 13632 bytes
SHA-256: c82cb85aeb526621e123c6a6e4fd01b4e18af7c1f979edbfe870d59b4afcd4c0
font_01_sfnt_off0000d017.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD017 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e82e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE82E 10304 bytes
SHA-256: cf9b583c2f9f05616ec1e6be2dfa1ae6cca747bb8673b56e3f07779d68599437