Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a4951b3f73f8f87…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-07-18 20:31:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: e715cc0ebb8a60614c2786af63404666 SHA-1: ed22b24599c959b2e5cd388e02036104e0506a4d SHA-256: 4a4951b3f73f8f87f738781fefa1898c47de80cf40db9adcad20003c809c84f8
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded links, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded links are designed to lead users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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 http://cinebuzz.be/uploads/userfiles/files/wavigevubafusowibir.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://oryginalnedekoracje.pl/userfiles/file/56118936548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36c21f422a17f697f24388d7b5acbe44/kozodijusugudolovap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a113edad785---lonowubitafiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manuscripthandler.com/userfiles/file/2122592740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giolog.biz/images/bulk_images/files/67853204760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mangonebike.com/uploads/file/63478504935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharaatlanta.com/sites/default/files/file/3873155386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a76174bb50---pirewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160730800c9662---47510668271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://signexpowholesale.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/23255542137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31bce65d1e45bc4ee00dd4c6f96f633c/39630145152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toshiba-center.ru/uploads/files/86250784432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082bc7b7ce99---betuxidaban.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acetechnology.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3ea2oagqnv3qoffajtl28u802/refof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097a07ae5507---72606789265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scard.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/towaxufivuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wonsakai.com/uploads/files/bifadikirewaxadowuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npi-management.org/ressource/site-image/files/14496744537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoulsquare.com/userfiles/file/tojiguloba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=incorporation+by+signaturePDF 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_off0000e3d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3D6 10808 bytes
SHA-256: 5b2ad70c231c14d6b857562257906a066d7e06b18340284ec7a7d09f695f78f1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcbb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCBB 16768 bytes
SHA-256: 3a5a496fa32184b0adf920915eca2cc3ec5cbd205137a03dc515a1b91952fe00
font_02_sfnt_off0001280f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1280F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1