Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4389174ee4bb3bf1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-09-16 11:46:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 38cf0afbaef17f69885f528bfb2564f2 SHA-1: 4e2de36d3fd6b46c35eeca8440b21a7e7aed03ab SHA-256: 4389174ee4bb3bf1af468b048eeebe79ece8e4dcf382ee57b91701c0ba04373b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and numerous external links are indicative of a malicious document designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+intelligent+investor+summary+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://asiantms.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76264618793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00d1781136e8a2ca5045f39eca0c6866/54618146917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioturina.com/userfiles/files/wajapolutaxelexovoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e2ingenieros.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75492033407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ordineveterinarireggioemilia.it/userfiles/files/41596282121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://italy-ex.com/images/blog/file/rexudovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cck-brno.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lajupusevizitesafaxale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--djr00fsyfv0o5qgy9u.net/filespath/files/20210910090315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613efed77e700---52242422526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progettarecasa.com/userfiles/files/908033327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuacuonbentre.com/upload/files/xawaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dglytbt.com/upfolder/e/files/20210911212237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://castudio.eu/userfiles/files/vaselirojawokelixukilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pratikchoudhury.com/fckimages/file/59645904405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f60478d0e3---korarobarikaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mahanakhon.pacedev.com/ckupload/files/50059513330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mosme.org/uploadfile/files/63997637171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142f7cbe042b---mitawiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://permagnet.com/upload_files/file/2109022105461211079g0cjj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d2b1ce6d16---83698360380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jec9g8fkjaf7663f98n4n8flh2/30845057463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nano-vip.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70637383141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luijkzonwering.nl/image/file/22148351474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senarathgroup.lk/assets/media/file/1918561446.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_off0000e4a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4A4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcbb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCBB 11188 bytes
SHA-256: d7bf4cb77a1575fd33b8e901c6376bb47057663946c94bd63a90430f1285c2d3
font_02_sfnt_off0001168f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1168F 19560 bytes
SHA-256: 9595173d6f1b7f66e9639ab8ca5335a3a43ab2989e83bbdbb48e0fd5210ec5f4

Open this report in the interactive analyzer, or submit your own file for analysis.