Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 04611feca9e4d43c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-07-29 18:28:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 0111cf2dcbd68e5a64fef03002075b92 SHA-1: 352c245c6a9e58d5a2304557fa101a4edd931e57 SHA-256: 04611feca9e4d43c9e2b6ba983720775b43e783d325994220150b3aa69567963
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a high number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise and likely lead to a malicious second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 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.
  • 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://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b977937e05c---rakitudaxunovugere.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://abcbyspu.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/37811478700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8db24ad76f---60068273729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc03951f0ab510730b19dc22c8a02756/22403418903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vban2n3c8j64etb8n93h7t6n5v/80583972366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristalensi.com/public/File/zuzojizoworawunafekatuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zafirkort.com/uploads/files/45259057126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montagnobozzone.it/userfiles/files/82175802188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beachhigh65.com/clients/879402/File/34477653860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maviet.vn/upload/files/lutawomasusom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariosantanna.eu/userfiles/files/72934373327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lhs75aa.org/clients/0/08/08eb77d093c5251d787cf05842b4a73c/File/jivunapusenebarubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f7a4185935---27142714507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadviewlibrary.org/uploaded_bvlib/file/wimabegunosikavetigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://outspokenholland.com/userfiles/fckFile/20210706003229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supercarrentalsofmiami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607df80f918ee---29341840080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasymusic.it/userfiles/files/24113508203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qfuse.it/images/uploaded_files/ckfinder/files/1627181862_c9be752079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnianemarzenie.pl/userfiles/file/66317465082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestofbucerias.com/upload/file/79972099404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greshamgilessalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b88648f1d1e7d84968e3330d40aa961/tepikosarasinut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5il1dk3ela6753vdgpqicf8fqa/14675497109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gezond-trakteren.nl/kasteel-doornenburg-img/bestandenfile/80673609911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081eb0010e01---42116992200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=umt+lg+tool+crack+download+freePDF 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_off0000f445.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF445 17952 bytes
SHA-256: 70ab1873666437c2859a07bfb6f25ffa63fe891e5d25ffe1eb430790db470e8c
font_01_sfnt_off00012342.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12342 10744 bytes
SHA-256: ac890abf71c496f5e6d96e8272c94e1eb240fbfb26706f17b7d46d2d6053eda6
font_02_sfnt_off00013bd0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BD0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1