Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a2a4a02c33486f4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-18 22:58:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: b0eb1c623b69d02855a2693eff21cab4 SHA-1: 1ccdfd14410d6cfd36188308643109d9712fc93e SHA-256: 4a2a4a02c33486f4f0ae49672450eb311fd3b1a408a645ac9f1d546b139ae98c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The primary attack pattern involves a link farm that likely serves as a lure for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://superiorservicesandsolutionsfl.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/rigixukejat.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.wm-meyer.de/meyer/admin/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/virisivigasotaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inijariku.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sumaxegitos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://markasib.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78077635339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b555e4272bad3b86c03582fcad0cc83e/7852391337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://textosolutionslinguistiques.ca/upload/editor/file/53228481517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f8683127f8---kesakoboredugukibenux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businessincasey.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1471700955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmtl.in/uploads/userfiles/file/file/fowosemafevopewojulikivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mynotary.ca/sites/all/sites/mynotary.ca/files/todeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musorcentrum.hu/files/article/file/zeturugujugomobitazume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onlineadda.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34879145844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waxiangyuan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-18/20210918081606646953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ort168.com/upload/ckeditor/files/nisanabovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143dd8804669---45480327526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunriseinnjasper.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/46988735289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rancholasmonturaspremios.com/campannas/file/xomenikokaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://silesiacapital.eu/data/file/41088892136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whatifitspossible.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37327303489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bulendengin.com/upload/ckfinder/files/10262144236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noriupapildu.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8116913341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161358ac91df84---89803115665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bielle-srl.com/userfiles/files/vexexobivaxebifuxugovemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kehlux.lu/userfiles/files/99594445013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://silverk.ru/img/lib/file/fizorul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=free+sms+apk+for+androidPDF 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_off0000df29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF29 10584 bytes
SHA-256: 177fca3f692a9dcf95b73fe781ea657d8148ab3bdb7de7cf592edf1e17451f89
font_01_sfnt_off0000f741.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF741 17416 bytes
SHA-256: e3acd5a6a8e29e530050d5588bcf9a367998f36d0eb7a71155fba7c2ae23ccf6
font_02_sfnt_off00012403.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12403 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1