Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 405c4f365e33fabb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-09-16 04:52:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: ed980a69fee6f459df75369db45474c6 SHA-1: db01f489400ec6f3b1acf945c38d43d3daa3579d SHA-256: 405c4f365e33fabb7f2beefc31392259198ad0ca63936786a2b1e3e0e576814e
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, forming a link farm. These links likely lead to further malicious content or phishing pages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, consistent with a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://autopits-directo.migrupoq.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56252816764.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://masan315.net/board/imagefile/file/suzevivoxulijuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bftt.marketsearching.com/upload/files/pojabatexipedofelumunimir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geerhannutpourreussir.be/docs/upload/files/77061014292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://korzayithalat.com/spot/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/90398471972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podwierzba.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/migunusopazasinunif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshamrockpublecco.it/file/46967796584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cahayaapi1.com/contents/files/sorejulojabokuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kmconlinecme.com/userfiles/file/56981783460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://futboltotal.net/images/files/22526288298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pt2-turbo-j3t.com/contents/files/rojukejiruzix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariocigliano.com/userfiles/files/92486862191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiichigroup.net/uploads/news_file/ziduvodidanirunerazaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614130204ba15---nunojurobutuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avukatwebsitesi.kocgrafik.net/upload/files/javub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hejia-ele.net/upload/75023709959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psfund.org/public/uploads/files/cms_files/90251874965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fontaine-eva.fr/userfiles/files/dorosufowid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hctfbb7basfil5enisstic7kat/5848791657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-daomeng.com/upload/userfiles/files/37b1d9473c42ce351c5aa51d38396667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://castel.ro/userfiles/file/90062785861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ccb128cc36a893603cafce0b116ab41/pabanimokifamunaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=android+metro+uiPDF 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_off0000ee7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE7E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010695.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10695 10116 bytes
SHA-256: 6550aee8ceedc70083aa353209089586c9a17a14d32e90a51339f34d97979c32
font_02_sfnt_off00011d1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D1D 18876 bytes
SHA-256: 2406c620eb6865c5873222db50e8567df28c0ced070b595c9eb6ff34b393e85d