Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 454446c5f4232d8b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.2 KB Created: 2021-09-04 09:05:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 447a0f123d4e143f2d1dab1451bdc2b3 SHA-1: bd9eef4663ba6958169f22ea2e008c6bacec0a89 SHA-256: 454446c5f4232d8bd68b3609b5680a95dfc6b70230aca690366439ef8eec932d
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. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristic firings suggest an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=inferential+analysis+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioscapindandrea.it/userfiles/files/26734315375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611ad13574a31---magopakolevowabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cba91be7018---59370548619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massageindex.nl/images/uploads/80368670435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611138ca2b41b---7705529118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomistretta.com/userfiles/files/75526897517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baikalspring.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66985534095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lescourailleurs.com/upload/editor/file/48740522349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livestreaming.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37n5eshpklrulvdcjfmvfmaelkkfecd1/fipusesafusodar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd4bdabb4ba---22908799959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.buildonhope.org/file/nerixemoporiwibije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8167ebd0ab8140943ead8d194841f9d/8511349710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oneirishrover.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17274af24e04a5ff44639805c623b705/baxijumogewapikelogonuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starkhigh1972.com/clients/d/dd/dd83d6d7846a033806cdb512e10d7d7c/File/98782557357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businessvaluationapp.com/fck_files/file/dimekazenifawivexikivetes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161095105da45a---fedifomeraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sualpturizm.com/userfiles/file/24882372848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amitadevnani.com/userfiles/file/dinasamoramefirenem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2d2c85a224---vosukenomef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mp-journal.com/media/file/6467528992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wlao.on.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5869a1d9c30060b55e14a04fcd02008a/tinovibibikojajijivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lyzph.com/userfiles/file/Fl202108020723113195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cityclick.it/userfiles/files/diwusab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kanat.com/upload/ckfinder/files/xifajibomatat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kff8nf5orrepv6fjmgkt7kmbk1/musovizup.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_off0000c2a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC2A5 10436 bytes
SHA-256: f0673243fc9cc4fd9635da774bfa17364dfdb38d1ac00a20f3f5e796e7cd6704
font_01_sfnt_off0000da6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA6E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f280.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF280 15836 bytes
SHA-256: 4a944942de64cc12326b0e2f1a277399b6bacd20edcdbf467ab7e8827f0a24e8