Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 479b4091201eeef2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.1 KB Created: 2021-09-19 23:07:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: f42ed70c39b504fa7a93e356b85cc31d SHA-1: 7b460d0e24ff81b7a11d6ccdf9a53f24bbe19a86 SHA-256: 479b4091201eeef2b72bd12176cef420f97796d981e51b1cf60afa07b537660d
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The PDF itself does not contain executable scripts, but the embedded URLs are designed to lure users into downloading additional malicious files, likely PDFs or other executables.

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://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d685630937b31e4020c41cc496f4aa63/vinexi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://autowagon.it/userfiles/files/80767190290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbarestate.com/survey/userfiles/files/24036859484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilghirlandaio.it/userfiles/files/rigukog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161320b27ca015---85126994142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lunaleo.pl/userfiles/file/49383559439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://instant-image.net/UserFiles/Site/File/vurokise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hf2t0km6g31dgcrf0cfm08m8dc/4928700739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajakedua.com/contents/files/2076161571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christmaslandint.com/userfiles/kapadunorixatofumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130f5792acec---77701776623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sandipmallick.com/fckimages/file/8474511334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rivieresoceanie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47438731079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4els.ru/uploads/images/files/rusolufitujuzuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://27061010.com/uploads/files/202109131030398021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topnotchimports.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23115727517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brenderup.ro/mm/file/12197774484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://praktijk.zorglink.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33787192441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jobsandhi.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/pujixenobimado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellamy.tw/uploads/files/202109082054121490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slovbau.sk/test/userfiles/file/87684629317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marsalanoleggio.it/userfiles/files/fepibak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=s10+screen+sensitivityPDF 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_off0000c195.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC195 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d9a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9A7 19500 bytes
SHA-256: 0eddee44e58218fdb8ce9208a4ebc499ad5c67d5a1407eedbcf8b10480dfb881
font_02_sfnt_off00010bf8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BF8 10324 bytes
SHA-256: 1ef8d379056f0de784f817331928f32f56044da1919d8eed374295891f5f8bb3