Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f75ede50469fa121…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-08-31 14:48:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: c4148d543fd9fc1f59bdc24e9be9419f SHA-1: 78f6017e029859665ef36ce8fd6c4d17547791f5 SHA-256: f75ede50469fa121e9cae459c0a22211a52b109299b07b0c0541d7bf6ac57566
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it contains links to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to distribute further malicious content. The presence of a visual download button further supports a phishing or social engineering attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bee8bcb1462---49742532197.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://thepnguyentran.vn/media/ftp/file/6097865703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6a986260b7---82525264357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opakowania-loga.pl/zdjecia/fotki/file/melozakijawef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kcharp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15862977698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supair-lux.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13417172424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4928f3a88ef7b93a24a9df8719db243c/76933026687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080ee2604ac8---38441699275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spharma.ua/files/file/fewamekape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://php-lounge.de/userfiles/file/80886917019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c789a60968---82092146753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbfederico2.net/userfiles/file/nekemeboj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/160769b61c14ab---33430117105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c594cc1428c---46081444685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oasis-inwaste.asia/files/file/58828962871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lifecareproduct.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zijer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prsnashville.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76fa9cdcb50c7bfc49cfb5cb9e39f870/92473325078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samowar.ch/upload/file/wawaxozagizadopujevij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f17a23caf6---91164019093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eichler-kammerer.de/disijikejavurabiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariobubiniregini.eu/userfiles/files/29101819930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://powermailer.in/userfiles/file/vevemumobomapisebefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161010d2beac4f---31149210235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/gudezolebizakazetoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://numen-wow.com/userfiles/cloud//files/41098829547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+root+numberPDF 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_off0000d6bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6BC 17232 bytes
SHA-256: 364c2cec9e076c783fb1fb0d669fc7c5cc6bc4d214d0b06623c3b3f1a1428ec5
font_01_sfnt_off000102f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102F4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011b0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B0B 10560 bytes
SHA-256: 160bdf7561b89b1bb6513fab8ecbb7bba804d628ff51706cab7dccee86d0ec4d