Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a97b99876f496df…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.7 KB Created: 2021-09-04 11:00:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 96560bc33a1260cef6c15bde463b124a SHA-1: 0e882c6e28d13388e54f5de0653033af3dab439d SHA-256: 4a97b99876f496df39b2ccdc25d6b122a3db7c687ed1e3b7ca003e09dd80214f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning model as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. The document contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics indicate a likely phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://mtcnx.com/upload/fckimagesfile/ruloxonilajix.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hkt-optics.com/hkt/images/userfiles/file/48553166482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f2e05cb7729---tifikok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anyimaker.com/upload/users/files/66806116150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rieker-consulting.eu/files/file/23041471773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://walterchiropracticclinic.com/home/walter/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69718136360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/bufixuponozudusiwug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e8d1dbc7ac---zasijaxutupixagewidol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1413479695ec9e0c3ce7a5fa37936d2/murijob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.popcaffe.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed87c8a1975c5abda7145485acf6c216/kutuzejereraxuvunoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33c2bfe40d57f60b1e3d5f4690357688/15545556769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bachova-terapia.sk/images/file/jakavodarilataxidinejeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceccarbotosani.ro/userfiles/file/gozebizijogovaledunemut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e12398b295---gazag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koszyczarek.pl/userfiles/file/40847908113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhungbaithuocnam.com/img-tvdl/files/ximaxux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yoshitomo-kokubunji.com/jcfiles/file/sexebomudusulanikuzokam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qvefg9ol6ko25f4olv4rv8qkgu/38157020442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcsm62.org/uploads/news/file/11850413918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gh7tb14msbt8a8u8pij5lkkn07/64068190639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aqcons.vn/upload/files/96185203202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bab57eb131c---29038322978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uekekb.ru/!upload/files/21010464972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tm6uvnqjujsod5u6kmvau6ap0r/46970314979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spiuruguay.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xefoxajele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=matrices+and+determinants+class+12+ncert+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_off0001024e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1024E 10828 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2632115f0f84327650819bb2a290a9dddb25edf243f986b7e904731eddec29
font_01_sfnt_off00011b5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B5B 20068 bytes
SHA-256: 7dfc003b87e6c5fbf6dd22707a7b63c98a44f49ead64478cff6b8305e6954d7d
font_02_sfnt_off0001506d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1506D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1