Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e4596fc2b44a27bf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-19 12:15:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 4ac4a8fe1d1af0f0f7c75faed164bed4 SHA-1: 8557e4c79971f226592e1779214733876034135e SHA-256: e4596fc2b44a27bfd30b3c35f11797365e246c6f304bc720cd52671bfcff1769
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to compromised CMS upload storage, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://natur-pet.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jarutapuzubawa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ppfi-online.com/userfiles/file/nirabexogimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blfimmobiliare.com/userfiles/files/19270461206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161465b45dcf93---rotixuroxamakepitabeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenlinejsc.com/userfiles/file/86076187170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gs-hemeringen.de/ablage/userfiles/files/235071589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sasalidayanisma.org/uploads/file/5062514638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shengnabei.com/uploadfile/file///2021090602512420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geo-equipe.it/userfiles/files/51563597146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jaegeraviation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79382461254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriazabalburu.org/azaba/files/file/14610057739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yey.uw52.com/upload/files/2762034457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://licausi.it/userfiles/files/vudolafonimofelani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logopeda-empatia.pl/content/file/nivawaralevunibufuzet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://papaicountrylodge-longstay.com/user_img/files/rafadikatimosisux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d6deb5df7c---79155508399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cissud.it/uploads/ck_editor/files/86589836144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d36c5b6a93166d378732ac1b71f9ca6/kodupulufamilonomonaruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indiansabroad.uk/userfiles/file/3973405453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://art-lamps-rali.eu/files/file/mutumunisasoxaporadif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/980df274c95fcd5664e77ed80b8c947c/kunizikoxunurabami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613644ecf25c6---92245491268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://activepymes.com/pub/file/jewiseva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161306e5a759f0---31178396062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuichi177.com/uploads/files/202109031918387189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=snack+video+app+download+apkPDF 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_off0000e1d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1D1 10460 bytes
SHA-256: 263e6397884f98c2fc25a9904e2dd6a5f7286b587401e9a646615e148f41650d
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9BB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000111cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111CD 19136 bytes
SHA-256: f4cac7991879e504ccf8819ea890273cbb69ff4cc1965580fee3a5f03729e15b