Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4af1c809a6643eb4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.5 KB Created: 2021-09-28 07:54:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: b20baa652f056fc88f907b71a76fda79 SHA-1: a88218b245c2025f56dc5de76bd95a1050f36151 SHA-256: 4af1c809a6643eb44c9819cf13096bd17ce0ce3b71809e463d717eaf3e0192f2
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF employs an image-based lure, typical of phishing campaigns, to entice users into clicking malicious links. Several heuristics indicate the presence of a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further payloads or redirect to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious nature of this PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9909

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 1 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 70 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://wgadget.com/file_media/file_image/file/tapegisuxelugimorozivunev.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://noddy.nu/images/file/21801809184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sooryasales.com/uploads/file/92996806821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9bl9fnhcbjd4qea3955p0doka6/5188236663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hugslock.com/app/webroot/img/files/xelirekudagipetevekatar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--c1adbeke4asdefy.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wememokiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biancoacolori.it/userfiles/files/419060379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkaindaman.com/contents/files/milapek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142571102a6a---junaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tasleemdubai.com/userfiles/files/sitomorilazixot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hacsbathtarntaran.org/~/userfiles/file/18876252351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banghetretunhien.com/media/ftp/file/zabexowibikekorekog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coffeetuanvang.com/Images_upload/files/kijakaxote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://narcisse.sk/editor_uploads/files/42629498015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f4fb24a68b---nuvurot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prestinireedcorp.com/userfiles/files/wodijowanuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://med-os.com/user_upload/file/kesikikofejuzegodajusexet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcihk.com/userfiles/59879089906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carneslaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/43563576650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://francois-daulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1838171003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omprintandpack.com/userfiles/file/zuduni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leoclubmarsala.it/userfiles/files/welufurosexutufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ego-sofa.tw/uploads/files/202109072204297269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orderkiwicafe.com/uploads/files/guviteto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobspace.xyz/web/img/podborky/files/doguredugefivis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sydjpg.com/images/upload/file/20210916_004437_132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3eyamaichi.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210914093229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=copy+contacts+between+android+phonesPDF 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_off0000b4d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB4D7 10936 bytes
SHA-256: 521c7cd10d5142f29c99bfac1df095a79e924eb0924a39ac57153cf01465b992
font_01_sfnt_off0000ce06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE06 14348 bytes
SHA-256: ffc7de75f606e80da03bd2fedfd50541c9d000fc4a567f4a145be95063d8fba9
font_02_sfnt_off0000f1bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1BB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1