Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1bfe4efe0fd3a01a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.5 KB Created: 2021-08-08 18:44:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 3996e8816e9ec76b62fcd8d2965056f7 SHA-1: e4f5c6ad9644b1989959bc40dc7f1fcd0b71c567 SHA-256: 1bfe4efe0fd3a01ad9e0fbb7aaced6c36dd9943f6f475f5b3a174608df547a8e
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure. Multiple heuristics indicate the PDF contains links to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of numerous unknown URLs further supports this malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9876

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://najarshi.com/basefile/najarshicom/files/81049946576.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://auto826.com/uploads/files/jotazowegawozozomew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f661df842dc1290f953de02bd9dd922/53653032185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krzysztofmalec.pl/gfx/fck/file/11256832577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://residencelesaline.it/userfiles/files/kipusadevigunanijizulini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qmidlv16gal7d25sfbjd1ptbc6/lavomalebarinaduvip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc81372d1b8---vofexazili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed8f33b8033d102155dccf7565b53467/33323944415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757a8f0c067---vatewute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vicorsupply.com/uploads/images//files/vabodoworopor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tpdw.pl/userfiles/file/638503555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.varisistanbul.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a16b27155d---seridilirasutomux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/nuwudizilonaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e87c4e8591af2fa5da551f5304e5ccb0/ribaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b4e26caaf7---ronugefivezon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hpworld.hu/data/pic/Image/file/89937511529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timelessmebel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d38c6408db1992fe44a5ee17e94d7ffd/biwivibokosulugaduxonipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluekeydigital.com/images/pic/file/gamuwuwebawoluzik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fpsh1980.com/clients/7/7d/7de5299bd6bdc19cdd6b275c058e9c4a/File/43199244225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vnationwide.com/userfiles/files/12372801475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artpolyclinic.com/file/files/jalowope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cf9751a867---6795898803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blevy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/regamumupolitifaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accounting789.com/ThImg/file/665982064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accronline.com/userfiles/file/77071129216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suamayin.biz/userfiles/file/fisipolalupegevus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=the+ex+factor+guide+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000fb9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB9B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000113ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113AD 17524 bytes
SHA-256: bcf5f9a38801e5f8259152f134ef3de47eafdf12251a8d071bb8ef0fdbd38970
font_02_sfnt_off0001419c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1419C 10984 bytes
SHA-256: 7dcd124907593cc3a08aa5372123ceac93d49ec36a53ae08f9e0bc04c6c58b64