Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 356b4e4a77e0fac0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 00:48:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: a9a8f2c630540203d524103d2b1ba7b3 SHA-1: 25e82980939b247c3ded78b074c29c46c4a804c0 SHA-256: 356b4e4a77e0fac06bb71fd92edb59be9e1f1eba94ee40b405d77958a5c4b15c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of embedded URLs and the PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK heuristic indicate that the document is designed to redirect users to external malicious content, likely for phishing or to download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://zlatartopalovic.rs//files/19862928667.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xpressup.com/userfiles/file/47256616691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/693a3238a6640496f2b2df9c7616346a/fonazom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattingtoemrerogsnedker.dk/userfiles/file/zapeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shuimotongyuan.com/userfiles/file/22073978195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160778d778d976---62268885937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacinsara.ro/fckfiles/file/lujewukekuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecs4.com/intranet/ckfinder/userfiles/files/reguferorevanibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://el-system.jp/uploads/2012/files/86815000518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eletvital.hu/uploads/files/83333286344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petrduchek.com/files/79267996848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yokohama-model.com/userfiles/files/22178434741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160966124442ca---60602195026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ecfb71479e---niziluzirakufet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nomaquito-travel.com/editor-images/22299776842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farashimirooz.com/files/gisamamus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geteffective.biz/uploadfiles/file/59657765576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thisissati.com/userfiles/files/20365003238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a2ab2b53ac---45213887103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80apefbdm9ah5g.xn--p1ai/userfiles/91973656632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hrmconsulting.biz/upload/files/zusanaladumobumajeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibookingkr.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210814_BD5A88626CC93B81.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe1a2a1cd1c3a290ecbac924ed4b1cd5/83487594413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070385e2ae03---rewuzujekumovetaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b10c2c4afee---96566301389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=sy+tv+songs+telugu+download+mp3PDF 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_off0000bcd7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBCD7 11156 bytes
SHA-256: 634dd312feb836eafab93ba02a7b8a5816c49538b70932a49b06625cd86adf0f
font_01_sfnt_off0000d6d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6D0 19472 bytes
SHA-256: 8e4725a16ef3e0c79d74df2083ee25790773ba4bcd9f1e547da6d77a1d381511
font_02_sfnt_off00010a1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A1C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1