Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4863981fa8877bfa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-08-17 10:45:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: cd51204af7bf410b6a8b60ec3ed5c9cf SHA-1: 6d2f2e2b29a52f137e811155811bed5f0fc7593e SHA-256: 4863981fa8877bfae8178077c32dd03edeb028b263ac6879268b9d96df934dbd
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure, as indicated by numerous links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a41eb22a872---kopajapexuwipumosiji.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sparan-art.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/banabalifuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2bc79bfcc0---59817251478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b76d5942961b7784879cea91d8fe8f1b/lenikapokanepefaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/17349970147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://silesiacapital.eu/data/file/waruriwixowisopez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectionistpaintingnj.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xisusowitigiket.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chip-chup.hu/upload/file/74356032563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e19193a1639---wiluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteplacementagency.com/uploads/files/32652359211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pileshoppen.dk/userfiles/file/nemug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8fa7b0daab---93937254841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jairdefreitas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91661571118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608402ad787e3---jomogopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dj-venci.com/uploads/pages/files/78514695919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fsnmmaterials.com/UPFILE/userfiles/files/zibijakabit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2f753495da---52762503432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/667065ffd28c8da430008df21f78ec43/22093849571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079389941eba---66243546450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookkorea.net/userfiles/file/fojepanezoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9uhaadsf8hlupujbtpqoueill6/bipejes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/50753108718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=ubuntu+bootable+usb+linux+command+linePDF 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_off0000ddd9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDD9 17256 bytes
SHA-256: 3b5289502c89a8c0a0de1c13bf531ec07f12ca8c5689c379f1493067e58cbfe6
font_01_sfnt_off00010b1a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B1A 10780 bytes
SHA-256: 6c3653792d6f346cb686e043bcf3e76f2230eca6e839e331de024237951ba32e
font_02_sfnt_off000123f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123F0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1