Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a59f3c9416c83bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.0 KB Created: 2021-10-02 23:21:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 0216f9bb359513aa47961fa9e45fabff SHA-1: 2a74fd94b487a39427cc7bec3ffaac91c5c1c78e SHA-256: 4a59f3c9416c83bbceb4714132cdd9414cbc1924db0a2c2bf6266749e43c9d48
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The file is a PDF containing numerous embedded links, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting services. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate maliciousness. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics suggests the document is designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://autoneza.cz/UserFiles/File/17517820350.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.medicellbank.com/userfiles/files/jisir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146316fa14fe---xumubokovawefowikigugefub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabaizhongxue.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-22/20210922023723206108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://codienlanhtrangia.com/Images_upload/files/1048167675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcomproltd.com/userfiles/file/84083222387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aedjtjdshbf.pretty-match.com/upload/files/69477309716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://childrencareandliteracysociety.org/userfiles/files/gujofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discovercefalu.com/_data/images/file/xiwepawizopadigogulipipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holzweiss.at/30163953393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giorgiosantinelli.it/file/mamilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614acc88c1232---33669576114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krossi.ru/images/content/files/67793569426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b362ef3313834c2b3525956e3606e9a/nexinebinaxin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assisdrive.pt/userfiles/file/wujerokuduvabalobonivovin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zlato-invest.cz/upload/files/manajivitewiruvidukuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clarklawtexas.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/17854158101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141d21d581d8---53915389100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kerama.altrodesign.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mofopogopupanajiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://annekienlen.fr/imagesfile/xitemejofuworupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journalofcritique.com/ckdosyalari/upload/files/20037996392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkalacarservice.com/public_html/userfiles/file/vilireteteboba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d98473d8e77eb6f18deb957c9d2f1d41/4680971838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69u1qte8us7phctkodne6rhc02/31218331972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=is+it+bad+that+my+dog+eats+grassPDF 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_off0000b11a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB11A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c931.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC931 10752 bytes
SHA-256: d3d8cb5f086e9f87e4bea68c2a15dc7db751d715242c08dd526e19f4ca5ea11d
font_02_sfnt_off0000e1bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1BF 15996 bytes
SHA-256: 0b8c695c6f756918a963f4d021042e983700824811b58887a0077e0f37d91ad4