Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4408d1bc4e291548…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-07-22 09:05:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 867a2937513e1139f48667bdad1ce448 SHA-1: 592117700413d4c1bdb9f78a2418c2f3c5a7063b SHA-256: 4408d1bc4e29154835da7eb4cd39c6bdfcf21de27bd73b7c29b181edb3dd3edf
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting sites, aiming to trick users into downloading a malicious PDF. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure suggests a lure for further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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
  • 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://tokstar.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/pikutowonunukese.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fd03256079---67702698484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ive-cal.it/file/4551622046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1960whs.com/clients/7/73/73384dfd0d582a2861cf356c55c3c578/File/dopexosiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d76c1db40a6---sudixarijatekalebaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terezmisszio.eu/files/file/62538673792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliance-ltd.com/userfiles/64050670601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f3b5a0c401b---pupofir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f93dm3qfco2157lb4qgnnbnd8/femigax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2e21fc6a19a53f94c7b4ca7b42107d2/riwiribebavalewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajwatravel.com/wheelmarine/userfiles/file/48931637523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exclusivelimoservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xidew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atut-biuro.com/uploaded/file/viturodufoluxufenojeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avanti-kuhni.ru/upload/files/63332887592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapawan15.com/shop/fck_file/file/69951359483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blbr365.com/userfiles/file/1624992348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animationcoach.com/userfiles/file/52069547408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youandisagenix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nakaxoxubop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noddy.nu/images/file/sakira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160920d02e3587---52292351730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pivotal-technologies.com/userfiles/file/rutim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://septumdent.com/img/userfiles/files/18989293230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/800bc14cdf6f593d4dc3470bf67adf03/18676373949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=all+brown+guinea+pigPDF 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_off0000f00d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF00D 10468 bytes
SHA-256: 918359455cb56a311754b6726bae0127be67f48e19e887f77da84d88e853c9dd
font_01_sfnt_off000107c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107C4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011fd6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FD6 16892 bytes
SHA-256: 00fc90f3dab8f738dcdaf8dbbbf3ed575d1e996d9ac63fdbbbf0aa84eb6588fc