Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a5e3c39c0e4d814…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.9 KB Created: 2021-09-12 04:49:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 3e1b696c65d947e2e5d35b864e98cd1e SHA-1: 89859e79d2fc114c86636ac25d616fecf47f05b1 SHA-256: 4a5e3c39c0e4d81470603c5b166269d74ab8f3421dae39bd64234a1562bd7d63
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing and malware distribution campaign. It contains numerous links to external URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious payloads or phishing pages. The presence of multiple PDF_URI and PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK heuristics further supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=solving+equations+with+decimals+worksheet PDF link annotation
    • http://bighost.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/xagetufulaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shangrilayunnan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22876896648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oasis-travel.ro/files/14021756610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hensuyenpqa.traigiongthuha.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21638095453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cissi.it/userfiles/files/divowiwikiwajojeraruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05fgohnvj96bfcerrjr3pouu01/79984229895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leuphuotcamap.com/uploads/image/files/44688386081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saltokisport.com/uploads/files/83103508426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spadhotel.com/basefile/spadhotelcom/files/13957182556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161311408c5f2a---medof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://steklo-shik.ru/userfiles/file/jomorukubufenizusizipok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aprilboya.com/userfiles/file/65410886133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4btfdgkqddmojhgroskmrh1jj5/medowiwinutavevixoxonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jshanwoo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/motolukonaminajixopokuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.myvzl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2vgsu8m189bd8p032lgtfpnk7/jomeziwojoravixutun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rezidencianestor.sk/app/webroot/files/ckeditor/files/51848212660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eventpro-kontraktorpameran.com/uploaded/files/40400560580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135f5ea51457---7956424215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melly-incendie.fr/img_db/34079693169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d58ea6ae44---10571923894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohouse-lab.de/userfiles/file/11523636747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613be0389bbbd---vedufujasagon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135b49175034---71670739888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://185.33.116.145/~acus01/upload/files/91673944936.pdfPDF 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_off0000b62f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB62F 11384 bytes
SHA-256: ccc7de8c9900b9dd110eb1c82f498dea180e213c11bcd454f8c056a97fdd5fe0
font_01_sfnt_off0000d057.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD057 16296 bytes
SHA-256: 8f26891767e39c3bf56026dc42f0efdc69b7984e12361d4b8ad7035f5bf57249
font_02_sfnt_off0000f9ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9ED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1