Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4097e9fff9d782a2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 18:22:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 9f01dad26a38f601bb5196285e8034aa SHA-1: ef4ee3afe8f78ec2c62c7add98f1378bca0f3c2b SHA-256: 4097e9fff9d782a279ffaa1ff70370639e469ef12eee1fc4c49c988886706949
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with high-severity heuristics indicating random and compromised CMS upload links. The PDF contains numerous external URIs, many pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings strongly suggest it's designed to exploit users by directing them to external, untrusted resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 http://toeicspeaking.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/65658886174.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tinavaron.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75923039592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608871c71e7a1---guwotazemafinipamarog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariacittadivignola.com/userfiles/files/wijasobapavisuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11a727845e67cdfac4402ea187ce568d/3710629027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanoscopy.ru/uploads/files/kekopif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reflexlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f999b123050744055cc7d288f5b16a05/18166602867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prestinieurope.com/userfiles/files/81958868851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polipack.ru/content/file/41226312150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.actionconstructionjax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2401fb1336a7449fd3db4c0eab9f8e41/84623340869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadviewlibrary.org/uploaded_bvlib/file/fupimij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://magerp.org/upload/files/bifugopix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fairbank-ia.org/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rabiwizazekuwajixezakirot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bab57a47e67---nalumekojegazofur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8a2647f7a6---fajafivejokanukutefedit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hilltopperalumni.com/clients/9/93/936f23dc4abb03f6d4a1aae2c8a32781/File/49053488787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theemasternetworker.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82953403165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mezmat.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62477602843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bowenlawmt.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zidigujurefimapibodusowug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotossc.pl/_files/file/89508685236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084e3d1153ed---zafan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ocbond.org/userfiles/files/walizejorijumoxunun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunarchegypt.com/userfiles/file/74404933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=maxicare+benefits+and+coverage+pdf+2019PDF 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_off0000d9b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9B0 11512 bytes
SHA-256: 3021f71ea6acf252cb6e6a8ff19e92c2c85b59bd75f6095a7ac196dce4b4dd94
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4D3 17668 bytes
SHA-256: 91e584877896281686d1f4903a69432b24745e01bf4d5dc97ae297bb49234ad6
font_02_sfnt_off00012299.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12299 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1