Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fb451780aa9263ca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 21:20:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 78aadf6f51b9ef88df9f8b892e9e065e SHA-1: 429480baaf375491eaab86f3e4e719c7b5a81262 SHA-256: fb451780aa9263caef0df54e5e6bf64c2353ec88cea22b725ee31175d477cc2d
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host and distribute further malicious content. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing analysis of its specific content, but the overall structure and URL patterns strongly indicate a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 76 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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.
  • 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://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f35ea6da24---71017161872.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c4898c88bcc8392cde243797d9a1c61/wulesowuzasederurogulebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paardenwelzijnscheck.nl/app/webroot/files/ckeditor_files/files/38740902748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zelene-centrum.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80403052680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160907fca805d2---ruxasexutoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a324d497707---92326710248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082df7414b9b---xejuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kperrylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/rowewonulukebonesal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607399d9eff7b---29805326502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gopherandsquirrelcontrol.com/admin/images/file/fibaluvajilutote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carcarnet.com/home/sandbox/domains/hkdance.tritek.hk/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fufesiwokugewezozozebum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072eb9b76a48---80251297823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarantogel.com/contents//files/sivuwabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4ac5776ccf---totirudozetaniwezanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctyrkolky-gamax.cz/data/dokumenty/73508929187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arihantgranites.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4790af81130c80334bd80a941244405f/gedibeponer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://istrouma1971.com/clients/9/9b/9b88b062b8d6af44b28e209fcb06d7d5/File/11624615306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emtracing.net/userfiles/file/50995168803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lideparts.com/userfiles/file/1628805088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehouseconcert.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xemodebugopakenuzosupije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23eg4u0t68u5vb260kpn9358df/56102245589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce2910fdba---47277519530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irish-setter-zucht.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wibufinagiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%A9+%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84+%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A8+%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9+%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9+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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b684.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB684 16068 bytes
SHA-256: 626b7c8f39d92c15a08a3ca4bc52fbf6ba2648b461fd8ff24e7d9852eaf99fa2
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb9c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB9C 14400 bytes
SHA-256: da17df51f02d7033072bfb7aecd2a02e6cfbb2465a54fe2a6f51b22de99a6449
font_02_sfnt_off0000ef6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF6E 9372 bytes
SHA-256: ab692011bb810b4091e5b6863c1468cc19624005727076e0e42723678ec61724
font_03_sfnt_off00010351.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10351 18788 bytes
SHA-256: 97f52cb4a328328c0db475df0fa8dc23343620b6ada8350807bb562f3fc3feac