Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4934bc097c7a7205…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-06-29 17:04:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 8ab5f8304d888606fcc517e67735d3c4 SHA-1: 8b85ab0bd667267d2a1c76223776bb7735207b1a SHA-256: 4934bc097c7a720550ee2a4e0bc0b7b8271932154e63a686f050a5d08d76c2f6
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file that contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of embedded URLs and the heuristic firings suggest the document is designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4aedf4dc862187bb97f062dcec710d39/wodisajitu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b0c2628f52---nuxivedilinemijasekumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tripleccompanies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ca4418979b47a7cf24b96163af41b71/sefijapejur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celebicatering.com/upload/ckfinder/files/18947454876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dd18a7262e---vivir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1f5ff73323---nesixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weblative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oena7159f730g2iajlmfg4k09j/filulujazerufofotup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ef394cntr2sjb4j9pink3c1rb/gutolekopozibibebagaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080e516a765a---vajotugavekife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chameleoncoupons.com/adgprocessing/uploads/files/20070109663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/48360237110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diysmart.net/userfiles/file/pamivilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d0015b7858bc7338897b45afaf0ea7e/wolanekalakitisuvam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xtra360.net/campannas/file/bakometekakuvamuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://texasstatealphaxialumnae.com/clients/f/fe/fe72632f573fdc77cca6b85875c63e8a/File/31198933286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nano-vip.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38962692244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hosvagyok.hu/userfiles/file/menekipekavelifoporowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10b0a72f66e86a0100ee028f4f5c4cbc/97167683008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://micast.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/phbuulpc0hdepodh2ecqg4rbg1/mekuzololaxevatasubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://developmentassociationofnagaland.org/nbloom/fckuploads/file/fuzos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160805b1b103aa---vavusenojuvumar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/01115959463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160a0ee954e9c1---37212688076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=elevator+installers+and+repairers+apprenticeshipPDF 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_off0000e3bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3BF 17432 bytes
SHA-256: f4bb603c6cfed710afeb8754a18cbc043f59c8c692704d924f2e70ed381cba8b
font_01_sfnt_off0001116f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1116F 10660 bytes
SHA-256: 298b7ef5401621113ad52f5b52d48f3960acc84e3048d0d5bf2c22cc302ccfb2
font_02_sfnt_off000129c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129C2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1