Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4ba204b12e469fdf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.5 KB Created: 2021-08-24 12:12:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 28c91d20715d87b1499bd3645e4d2fc5 SHA-1: 17d26ae7d328c09d00ca0d00641615ae8c40d66c SHA-256: 4ba204b12e469fdffcbf68c9c7996a0d3c83f879061eb00b73c02cf50aa4fdb5
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites, designed to host and deliver further malicious content. The presence of a link farm and algorithmically generated URLs suggests an attempt to obscure the true malicious destination. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://mattstergamer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/brsm38k5eg1i0h2aljg567usrb/tivomakuvejiduligusesube.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolauniversale.it/userfiles/files/koxolilodivabifowavek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purofirstli.net/userfiles/file/mosepodukavupubizawexona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608af83d31714---85447318604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawrenceyezersky.com/userfiles/file/49864397604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dalhousieretreat.com/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sexelamijenevevobinavezur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elistaprezentow.pl/userfiles/file/70140858833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mybizwebsites.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9e2fab1ee5---zosasimuvilopuzepepiribo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608214210bfd4---gotawonekojiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yildizwebpaket.com/calisma2/files/uploads/30803858996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/gatitop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b702518b0a---gapirokesovebimisexeved.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://email-database.info/userfiles/file/kalofoxesuzipor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akvaguru.hu/user/file/76663581108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asianmosaicnyc.com/userfiles/file/pekamerixodugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takipcisec.com/calisma2/files/uploads/17638149491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k2blt7mv4obtto09ua5etodgb0/favugegafonetemiwumimujud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikankara.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7cb2a822b---sirokosumudumuzoxegus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lacausedeslivres.com/userfiles/file/zawibibedibipisivowomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investmentskillsgroup.com/images/userfiles/file/40850100449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leo-translate.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f644684ef9---99629888409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://villanakarin.com/userfiles/files/55350324186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medicapoland.pl/uploaded/file/23201991784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090267400415---vufufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohmamakitchen.com/uploads/files/bikonatomug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=south+point+moviesPDF 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_off0000c1ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC1ED 16568 bytes
SHA-256: c6f844c8d0eb2c5a56f55700fc7cb6632b6b41d71233789b8f95b9b3ab5af601
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec46.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC46 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001045d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1045D 10452 bytes
SHA-256: 05a3842b36da1de98c06e663fad73a053530a39590246a0a9974c9382c6cb80a