Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 477c03d8f27efbab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 03:07:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 61329764876cf594a7b554987f04fd25 SHA-1: 2cae5a8bdea41cfaaa0c7ed82216827ed42edc63 SHA-256: 477c03d8f27efbab5fbc116398ad4b88142c87eced6318478a9f78adc1411073
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be generated by wkhtmltopdf, lacking readable content but containing embedded URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dacf73eaabb6fc14d2caf452c0434bbe/tuvugas.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bbe6e3ba1e---pasanawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://permanentnimakeup-brno.cz/userfiles/files/52689763675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6f1eb37223---32107215285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1176f9187228dda3f79b649c9e272f9f/65250379448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxmarketing.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gd0k292ab7hke64fahafqt6b2v/46612538278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuvuongcorp.com/luutru/files/97324003920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bettynblue.com/upload/fck_img/20210517/file/93026273840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ropaalmayoreo.com/images/userfiles/file/jazosuvabomatuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096d48b053b7---wexal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travolution.travel/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f5abea7b36f978a1d050ca9601dbbd8/34083827874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a098422c1cbb6efc62ae0ebfacf1676/gelebolenatipufulume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hs-hofgastein.salzburg.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jebulekoduwilaroduvil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160848ae2ef71e---ninixonuzedosif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srividyaastrology.com/userfiles/file/robebinokatagajobewabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jsgvaia465medkvfidjui35t24/67073178135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eos.org.eg/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xebimutowapota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sapporomn.com/userfiles/files/77932455767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aa380f234f---rarusizupuwojisojas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161266850a973b---28894389773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rify.us/cms-uploads/files/88572461588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xboxheerlen.nl/userfiles/file/sowutukaneronifoponisaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=drive+in+past+perfectPDF 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_off0000c592.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC592 16640 bytes
SHA-256: 801848655b608512d5433851305764f0385da8e8c2e776b6c6ec31c3c625d343
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0A6 10376 bytes
SHA-256: 2430a88fa3e124d6433c10bbd9fbc3a521a21ca4ddc28f1ae514c28900d93317
font_02_sfnt_off0001084f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1084F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1