Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ce247a6478f38351…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.7 KB Created: 2021-09-13 03:32:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 69e588378979453eae7ebf3c7cdb3871 SHA-1: eade4522bfefaecbfd526a757c9633821cf77907 SHA-256: ce247a6478f3835192b73bb3f7d38b838b0cd0c75a8060aa53a3ed0f045b77bd
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file is identified as malicious by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier, including a ClamAV detection for a phishing trojan. The file contains a link farm pointing to various PDF files hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure indicate a lure for users to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133d23932ad6---92942472149.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jiab.net/userData/board/file/gejajinikovabudofelozamis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://granitabrasive.hu/editor_up/ratuvasuvitetezofubetimis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/obg9rsk0dbqdslv82lf3je9iq9/77555390668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esistore.lu/userfiles/file/10264801202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wittlich-luexem.de/userfiles/file/49563038697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613036b7e3b39---84707459924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gd7l9a3f93a9ff5gihh6o5j1h5/mofiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b3f9d388f2---fanoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fo4lpkpapvgpg6snl88bavtfuk/matekalaruwepigib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betenagro.com/sites/default/files/file/dikikedovajusila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.lu/upload/60321735315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schokoladenbrunnen.de/idata/89406257833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rgn2u.com/userfiles/files/mamiborewowaxexuwilaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4reality.cz/userfiles/files/dogumojarakafaweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://squarcialupirelaxinchianti.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/monilabewokake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://llux.vn/uploads/files/72168494429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comtraining.cl/userfiles/files/99663144743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://140.121.180.103/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32457408628.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://www.mybizwebsites.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161377b50a864b---jekavubefag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tentimesneedlehill.com/UPFILE/userfiles/files/lufuwibutafewopex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mlbcsimleague.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40478415501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=sql+beginner+to+advanced+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_off0000c5d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC5D4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ddeb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDEB 11052 bytes
SHA-256: 4aeb9996d6adc08c3e9c3fc32141dcbb1ff707643b92085a4740b617310a6105
font_02_sfnt_off0000f70d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF70D 17888 bytes
SHA-256: c7f5c18eeb043deca8ff2e2d0064f99cbeef43e3d523e61f92b6b57378ac63e6