Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 484107478e35f38c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 12:13:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 71335fb65e3d0b15c39e0165962b1b95 SHA-1: 1b2d0ece8cdfd6b53b43c480ec7bd01b4f3c2862 SHA-256: 484107478e35f38c1e3af6abab4711fdcd72e909f9489b6cf61eba8977481223
236 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF is identified as malicious by ClamAV and ML classifiers, and heuristics indicate it's an image-only lure designed to trick users. It contains multiple links to external PDFs hosted on compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The primary attack vector appears to be users being tricked into downloading a secondary malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 9

  • 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.
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 2 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://humicdp.com/uploads/2021-07-15/images/files/jufibuve.pdf
    • http://woodwork.pl/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/25072568257.pdf
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072730c1ac93---sesusuzulusu.pdf
    • https://holocaustresearch.pl/nowy/photo/file/67805907444.pdf
    • http://asea-admin.com/_userfiles/file/20210503231643.pdf
    • http://clinicaveterinariacittadivignola.com/userfiles/files/92145090143.pdf
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b275ea0a4e---wexiwoza.pdf
    • http://thepokeluau.com/uploads/files/80167776469.pdf
    • http://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d35644b6d2d---kotaroribiwuvisilevaxop.pdf
    • https://used-machinetools.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/80194032409.pdf
    • http://saharun.org/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/viletisebaruleka.pdf
    • http://amindoost.ir/images/upload/files/98332822677.pdf
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a76ea7eaf0d---paperirafebeworobujuvari.pdf
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076a06fae06e---35542084698.pdf
    • https://bdaudit.ro/userfiles/file/razamazo.pdf
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad9bec89a3a---79433477604.pdf
    • http://j-line.ca/fck_upload/file/pipimo.pdf
    • http://qunjl.com/userfiles/files/rotonaneduxepel.pdf
    • https://tarzminder.com/resimler/files/dodugemare.pdf
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7939ed327a1327bf8a3692462543e639/86399598992.pdf
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b5081c2a4c---70233543934.pdf
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23a40df8fdf80e959c7b25ccd40776bd/lonanoxamura.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=intersectionality+anthropology+definition
    • 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_off0000b273.bin
fc0721df0a51b397da84ab538163f62519021fc159292e3877915b3b2cb082f2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB273 10964 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000cbae.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBAE 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000e3c0.bin
3994e4b6ea89e352206be1bde88a7a811775573da0d4b0f9b56a73d3eee75676
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3C0 14408 bytes