Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0f4b668f1dea2ef2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-08-02 10:13:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 5fba62e79565cea7a1e4dbb831fe62c2 SHA-1: 1090ed2df8e5946db66b5f8e607f515aa1805f32 SHA-256: 0f4b668f1dea2ef235e8a7acb3d8dbe661af4b040837dd0623266ce8eebefcd3
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file that contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of embedded URLs suggests an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t3h84rfimnt8nv5b2jg1jbg83o/vapozatuvupe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://henrycrawfordreunion.com/clients/1/19/1929e20d1ffebcad6d8b2a659e9c170d/File/vijefapiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bab824c64a395b5162649ea7bf897d9/43305526994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8htu8prj6f6oa0tb6mtkh05gf5/siwem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-kva.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61232345835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e0b420244c2c4ef169506fbc5f56ed3/rexakiwisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e1f655609f---39246357007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imaggu.com/ci/userfiles/files/lotedif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myappartement.de/web/editor/files/22425383417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canavesiobruno-architetti.it/userfiles/files/jidegefupuxoforub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2f51e4fb32---zijowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/269283ae46bf7e494194e5ee299eac66/2892787745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clarksville.net/wysiwygfiles/file/zarikufubegunegenula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loicadesacavem.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da1eb8af5d9---zukazuxubugovubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alyansdugunsalonu.com/userfiles/files/44475095442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ytbozhuo.com/upload/file/250047279789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4oceh0g3hspqu4le73hnbqrdc/4525582378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607096f2ab0c7---50134515923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greatnice.club/updatefiles/file/38063200196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polletnv.be/uploads/files/23834803087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anthonygillant.com/userfiles/file/puwuzedob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16103757b6078e---77260336782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c11da424a5f---37881112166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turagent007.ru/userfiles/file/79767379153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+reset+keurig+duo+after+descalingPDF 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_off0000f4b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4B2 16516 bytes
SHA-256: 4d57fd66828f1e173759f1e9e721ade4bf7ab233c373416f2cfd73916d3c2d7e
font_01_sfnt_off00011f34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F34 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001374b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1374B 10920 bytes
SHA-256: d06acd2db5410f8f3295f8c40cc0bc84045fce9e9def6b5d664784e546774f6c