Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 472e418b3ab2f037…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-06-28 12:14:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: f6b6a7e7ff493f700cf6c0fe3c95ee31 SHA-1: 812fe0cc3fb478d4e2ce3ddc4e082ebf477ee8ed SHA-256: 472e418b3ab2f0376330a4bc6e81987016cc70e5dd8cbe388d82b2e31c234c8c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress instances, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and linked URLs point towards an attack pattern involving directing users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bible+7+days+of+creation PDF link annotation
    • http://robertfeinberglaw.com/images/edit_images/file/mebarolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8a66ea0f6---97390269456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160871b78d3e04---74453970805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ogcnsfulga83q4vehaaqigkg10/61163451619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/34557863359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7a63092467---modavikiziwulemuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://praconsulgroup.ru/pict/file/topobipugexanapevexula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://re-view.online/fckFiles/file/lalatudona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irrisyst.eu/files/file/dudakisofupefozogep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edukiya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21d988697c076b3e147337511168c421/susadamuwuzed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rideco.hu/upload/file/faguxuzimoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eprdel.cz/userfiles/file/wetufepemuzuwibosononufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a56b50378c6---19837274077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abpaluso.com/upload/file/zazufuxatiduwonitelavipow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://33mobility.net/uploads/files/kulekinapamewok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beerskiboot.com/img/upload/file/zanoxudak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b325aef34b5---57744535612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urgentcarepb.net/userfiles/file/92993949803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22ctbpd9b1adqfj5ofu5l8ra81/mugemokas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094b8d959145---japewesipeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongshengfish.com/uploadfiles/2021050810493517253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f2b64080bc---81745043761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb95b476c9e---sajogivanawofibizowikixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607573cfefcef---datikilabumi.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_off0000e88b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE88B 17084 bytes
SHA-256: 07c18096e0476112f897533b126c6adaf15cb1cf46645b911415b60cbb30b7bf
font_01_sfnt_off000114c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114C4 10828 bytes
SHA-256: b084869622e9e540f85f3f64791b08b6afebfc7303ae87062c47502ef2dbcbfc
font_02_sfnt_off00012df7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DF7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1