Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4229d9e5559be681…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-07-01 21:13:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: e500f7427a42d8f1275b8fa5db4b21f3 SHA-1: 1d4a31a840c0f9aa01acaf563c4d6cee9a8b3b12 SHA-256: 4229d9e5559be68131000be7604eb827eb7f2fcab48c04c9e8072c9d73ae103c
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure. It contains numerous links pointing to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The malformed stream length heuristic indicates potential exploitation of PDF vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9944

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
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+make+anointing+oil+in+the+bible PDF link annotation
    • http://archerelectricsupply.com/userfiles/file/jafire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nawooelcs.com/upload/userfiles/2021/06/files/210611080622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshaabcoop.com/userfiles/file/gilifawetiwoxira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1fc1539fb8247716a568ad512d51eca/64052055342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anandtouristcorporation.com/uploads/javujudaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160822deccdc97---43999933144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biomassasia.net/data_ed/userfiles/file/24270388870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7b783a71a---disuzuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekotop.eu/userfiles/file/66173055148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1e89644f3b---goxupen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltgtrends.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a9d675f4009afc0186d5daa7660b209/20915891937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082bcb389e67---13427845154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanitaerprofi.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/84966309310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6545b5a809---42220253682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93b37bc661af8cb195591b324fa92111/89024446817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddc64defe37---kivupevotararowuvej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bdn10.cz/files/file/88870810174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltssinternational.com/res/wysiwyg/file/jimarivixefitopatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scheiden-maassluis.nl/uploads//file/ninutebipeboruxuvinuwuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genegurumiraclehealer.com/userfiles/file/64983917857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/93923678628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6b7fc62ac8---dadurefavolebobunevozux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/42976270512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093d282c2429---memom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f408.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF408 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010c1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C1F 10596 bytes
SHA-256: c0c40d963c888d3001c9ec944d87e65f3f776ee0d9feda9ff584216a5a20484f
font_02_sfnt_off00012414.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12414 17476 bytes
SHA-256: 200d0bc2b47b5266a5c5b3665bccb376133065d3b88dc998f7c424b231e774e6