Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a516f85e975db53…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.9 KB Created: 2021-09-25 20:46:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 4da7edeab422c84e30c45a1174120cd5 SHA-1: 57a485cec7d1f1dd340dd12ac83024b80242c5cd SHA-256: 4a516f85e975db538486930bac79e334209262d45b0e38ba3f759604391b8103
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of malicious document techniques.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://pb-book.com/user_file/file/jojoxowatutukunotamudavik.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/zemojarowivubawofesotok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mellorymotors.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zedulotukabaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duet-czluchow.pl/userfiles/file/65397782771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baobiachau.com/luutru/files/zafepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rizecanreklam.com/images/file/78417370066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/un40uuu0n4f86hipuh87moq7ei/93424175970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dijitalsanat.link/upload/files/razugosowipovarejoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144f0e3e912d---19792720537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosaletta.it/userfiles/files/tebovaxalixomebib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synergienetwork.net/userfiles/file/54329816257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doanekeyes.com/userfiles/docs/89623938601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16149e99f21f76---14330885198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jilienjrubin.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/sivijuwenupoguwezitamar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsong.vn/uploads/files/fexowixupumag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioscapindandrea.it/userfiles/files/gogegapixozilijade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://itchanoi.vn/uploads/news_file/66563246243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbfrontedelmare.com/userfiles/files/tesobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solarhomepage.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/xobefuzunefovax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nayyaralidada.net/alpha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/weguxobirufiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fmi.lu/userfiles/files/72122818389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avela.md/userfiles/file/xikidojekubusanosipisefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161422b7989e37---30709822537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=setting+layout+in+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_off0000b378.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB378 10544 bytes
SHA-256: 6bda4aac8d0165db30a3ef083fc47d0472ed8c9dc5c345e59e49c408463cf5b7
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb6f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB6F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e381.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE381 16188 bytes
SHA-256: c867c33f2c6b34d7c9a688b1dffc713357f082b27dc64fa156baa20b8e3200bc