Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4486f0f174678197…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.8 KB Created: 2021-08-08 09:55:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d06870527f1ed90014bf615396ddd346 SHA-1: 9db03e313c4dc08ce3cf7d13f660a3c50ac1ff5c SHA-256: 4486f0f174678197dcfdaf761ba67251357e87953e5be58698163271036b1d53
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing pages or download further malware. The presence of external URIs and link farms suggests an attempt to distribute malicious content or harvest credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gddgoss9cggi66m7bas6k0897a/29588289682.pdf
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f71c3a966d3f19609461d334cbbd4a6/wamifutuxubojawifuxanakit.pdf
    • http://www.heksan.com.pl/file/57130580243.pdf
    • https://athensviptour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47c932d9937b8eefdab5c2db5009ac89/50455630256.pdf
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160720fd5794fe---45494670705.pdf
    • http://kulturazebrak.cz/userfiles/1032647466.pdf
    • http://sgrappresentanze.eu/userfiles/files/66617973936.pdf
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf5413afe23---tigisojatajagajawuk.pdf
    • http://paillasse.hu/userfiles/file/77897251042.pdf
    • https://gdr.co.il/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9bfd2554da28fbf3a95dbc1f3b6b96a1/7156668718.pdf
    • https://jennysbooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a0de839c8a2dca9f31b34870e2e9f6e/39100689499.pdf
    • http://gabortech.com/admin/file/variselomulolodogotuj.pdf
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c49a29dd3e---sofobijinujetizateti.pdf
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608def3245881---xerudoj.pdf
    • http://climtech.com/files/files/bukutumefojifamafafufa.pdf
    • https://gikguamerica.com/userfiles/file/ruteziwajuranubo.pdf
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b28a2c1bf1f---pidamel.pdf
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e38a201e2c---15252382708.pdf
    • http://sbox-technology.com/upload/datoteke/zinedalujesor.pdf
    • http://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160915de343531---xivonipokaxadinuwe.pdf
    • http://anhuicrew.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-18/20210618152514660853.pdf
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609490925827d---3741565091.pdf
    • http://local-minicab.com/survey/userfiles/files/suxemewodewowedonome.pdf
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04cbfbf0ab4703b799cc2a45b3a2eb69/25508831985.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=adobe+acrobat+reader+dc+latest+version+download
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000104e4.bin
a09260029c69f46d50847f97fe0897ecd6d50b6c7257f4581d04c0e4726d6e9b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104E4 21768 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00013c18.bin
f90079d3aa4f970afee54ae8e406d47c04de82a0628c0617f66dcc8e2092fd86
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C18 10636 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001549e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1549E 16792 bytes