Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ca4fd352b60db8bd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-08-04 11:59:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: 4aaff94f97cd7015094fee57dbb0c65e SHA-1: fded2618c3f257dd36dbbf52859c4aa776c0f5e6 SHA-256: ca4fd352b60db8bd7c198d62a72fae204c399eed7b2daec2da85d1956cfe2720
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm hosted on multiple compromised websites, including a WordPress upload directory. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading a secondary payload. The presence of numerous links and the use of compromised CMS uploads suggest an attempt to distribute malware through deceptive download lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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 http://dongzzang.com/userfiles/file///wulusotugazixijixobe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://trhs1966.com/clients/b/bb/bbabdd843433c1cf4d3e80624837507c/File/lanodavelowex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuni.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/xemufomeparatibuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asustainable.com/global/file/lezini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dcc967653a5---3297461844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bandungmesin.com/file/felodekuxixeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hamasataccessories.com/userfiles/files/zapajekerud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hunde-katzen.at/soubory/dazekenugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deleersnijder-bocaege.be/images/file/damuxudamipidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e5b0f7ea85---bigirifomasukabaxim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobistore.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3154ccffa00bb21cde5630febd47970/zunawawibadafabig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4186f324a7---sapejidesop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a66dc35638e601f5266f2ffca3a7441f/82595013805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinmexindia.com/uploads/vumatuxorekavezali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enjoy.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/xetosinedojopofatiwiwomix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a8377e36fc49c2506d09ad6c5b3983b/24206820466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gorisum.net/fckeditor/upload_file/file/moliposuxikususet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nqemtlj58mspf4fo5e36euuhg5/86743484567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rymwid-training.com/userfiles/file/74199203308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.3dreamchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0306f11dbc0a0c04b429ef4e9e2dfa7/59734178067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unicaconsultoriarh.com/images/files/tajebidedegukor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heuresromantiques.com/upload/files/zowinuzilaxabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ootucibpvfenp6u5981imksd35/36088197246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ljhalls.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44c1239da705f87f4a8725531244abbf/jisiwetoxureveruwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://offerseir.com/basefile/offerseircom/files/dajubokuvunasevatuvuvazik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=warlord+games+bolt+action+rules+pdfPDF 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_off0000ef63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF63 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001077a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1077A 11196 bytes
SHA-256: d195acbae8cce5b619ff976fd0a1c5136bce017d30bd1af4ae8d3da17dd568b7
font_02_sfnt_off00012139.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12139 17976 bytes
SHA-256: db14062005b24f30756412596125986369c6310aee2ff8659aea1e9d44d6173d