Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4415662272440c3c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.5 KB Created: 2021-09-10 21:12:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: dcf9dfd796f29bfaf9bd4335fcbc8d58 SHA-1: 6ff1ec7272cf9ca0ab9463b454c48d8fcf1b0e4f SHA-256: 4415662272440c3c04f9a0298da3d2da3c1d04a264e0643494e9a77da86695f3
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or redirection mechanism. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of phishing or malware distribution attempts.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

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 https://szekszardportal.hu/userfiles/file/27189789031.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tasteofruraleurope.eu/upload/File/38844293715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nerezove-kuchyne.cz/UserFiles/File/natadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vicareyou.com/userfiles/file/35194615575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushiyaslo.com/uploads/files/vakoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eb1dfc20c3---kajogoxodikixekakopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firewaterdamagedfw.com/test/fckeditor/uploadfiles/file/3274914568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iqrainternationalschool.org/_assets/files/rurufib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://na3.it/misc/file/41621432686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imreelectric.sk/uploads/file/76048876154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aifimm.it/admin/inc/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97407291996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tinhdauvietnam.vn/upload/files/71205466266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teewer.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34987729883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dxline.eu/userfiles/file/63594249815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newshieldinsurance.com/demo/gsa/final/images/file/30322777452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131c50925fc4---zijevovanemomarebevej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torbay.ru/images/uploads/file/58669134705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariovianello.eu/userfiles/files/53774994656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161370f003f92e---52393629726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a4a6d11fbf---sumijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discus-rus.ru/upl/file/ganadefofoxusaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wu-pao.com/upfiles/editor/files/doridimipigoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://invismortgagebroker.com/images/file/88106141473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133b59212cdc---zigobakuvolizaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.forteks.com.br/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/Images/37417603340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telegid.tv/userfiles/file/83635885673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=wii+u+twilight+princess+hd+romPDF 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_off0000f35a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF35A 10976 bytes
SHA-256: 04fb48daed4fc9ef6d3aea7a01764e4b6b71502001c0c5d5e4553f8c5abac3ad
font_01_sfnt_off00010c77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C77 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012489.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12489 20940 bytes
SHA-256: ea73692c20dc13a9723f21ff7493ba78fb80713b946fda61d84e71c70bbd3ee9