Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f55c4e59af5a55c7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.6 KB Created: 2021-07-19 16:01:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: e70352f6f5a22b74d07c0a0d489ff45f SHA-1: 274909fddb6f4febc824686e9907841d832855d9 SHA-256: f55c4e59af5a55c74030466b46dfc5e39521fa5f4730375a0ce1d0bda88f41c9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised CMS upload storage, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9820

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 https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0vo9k0t6eess05e1k19qfr7010/76721383898.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://t2sc.me/userfiles/55970388368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escuelasfutbol8.com/docs/files/genaselopivagebatoronaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3c222a3ec77b015014ca95dcd47c8f5/nuxola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cae13c96b71---4587459804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyndoktors.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/febojez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akifkasaboglu.com/esatfisek/images_upload/files/reguzoladoduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiolaviano.it/userfiles/files/14760597208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skoleniridicu-online.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pideviguselafilosakufibem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teamcode.net/upload/files/56554407022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asahiru-ban.com/files/files/45860248537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://supair-lux.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95784075646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609581fe97fa6---wumokekixoranevezisanoxup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alteanetworks.fr/img/file/64883089989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fruitofthespiritcatering.com/clients/9/9e/9e5e3efd27976f294ade36eaf76108d7/File/purafaxosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609656a69b984---zirekerujowadokudalafivij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waypl.pl/upload/File/tutazikuzujezarodev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4gfvi4254nneind6n6oddvheih/19623176147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160889ff2c4626---83413170162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnmrobotics.com/files/files/71393977254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1d46dc887c---kevekanijupewixukida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apvn.info/userfiles/file/xibipusujige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettotoma.it/userfiles/files/95803770093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yljx.cn/images/upload/File/13915381601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://planet-for-events.de/userfiles/file/57051745130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3bcb4be419---timiviwasabuwopuxog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=importance+of+education+essay+on+education+by+priyanka+nagralePDF 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_off0001095e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1095E 17152 bytes
SHA-256: 0193eca274e6bc2ea90bfe58717caaff310ceb43aed90243994bbcbe0e72108e
font_01_sfnt_off000135e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135E9 11360 bytes
SHA-256: 9c487061f84ff6b77eb79ff46c4958d8d2022d5d72438980bb5470d23ae66785
font_02_sfnt_off00015041.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15041 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1