Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4ad687affb461532…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.7 KB Created: 2021-07-03 03:22:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 8643eefa71581900a7035b27c26b5dd7 SHA-1: 7900cb7c2d984eeee3a868c4fd186b937bef676d SHA-256: 4ad687affb46153236cfe6ff52f9a9acbbbddd6ce656ff0baf7ce80992a2d13c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the heuristic firings related to URL farms and compromised CMS uploads point to a pattern of directing users to potentially malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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 https://vmkstroi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbb9193e33075ed0f16b948f092286f8/kariwepotiba.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gabortech.com/admin/file/83617715256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renebeumer.nl/userfiles/file/10740539274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strahovka66.ru/userfiles/file/31546455919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6bc40bcda0---35644020686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4364a1c1e5---81058804710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kbchina.de/upload/75767302536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bumsnab.ru/uploads/files/jiruxope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushiloverca.com/uploads/files/26921931566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://developmentassociationofnagaland.org/nbloom/fckuploads/file/zenosefevirapifot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d201745b821---20294399502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansensvenner.dk/imagesfile///noturizuguwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanasushichoice.com/uploads/files/55151915518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.socalgreatwhite.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607192df39db3---28349975813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c6d2d51c14---62553046863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sps0bn476gun9863tl31i6q60e/finisisepazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auksozvynas.lt/userfiles/file/zunedikesafolatado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flirdining.com/uploads/files/gojimibofanazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hk-sai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/keramiwiraloxebawufogud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wingprocess.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zaxotetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f1d1ecaee6---refep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imaginove.eu/data/Files/lefikilep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609edae8ef946---pomepudowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a77d762aad---lumamowikumabuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=substitute+for+madeira+wine+in+cookingPDF 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_off0000ff7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF7E 18092 bytes
SHA-256: 54f0cda9ef58bc3fad4e5824d07f796e3c7fe0ef88cd817dbfa3c30f65b25238
font_01_sfnt_off00012f39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F39 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014750.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14750 11268 bytes
SHA-256: 049f7a5bbe7c5e57ec62adac8d55083221c75a758b0aa25a7efdb23d370c2156