Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4ba5903ae54caada…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-07-04 11:01:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 9294354017e1e0e8f02df27aa1ca1390 SHA-1: 2bf7d8201388728868e923a5bb31882ada2143bc SHA-256: 4ba5903ae54caada10a17dffe3b0711815b4acef65078e3a6f0f4abc63923511
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations, indicating a likely phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb5d2c990c---2584877566.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vtfgp6m1bdu6bpb82b2l7ap0m1/joketimibitogixenuwodat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160917a48760be---10989087718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wolfroccatiassociati.it/userfiles/files/76966441944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mpti.ru/userfiles/file/filevimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hehgnc3pkak80vo1qud1mg19na/xoperazadaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpanelektrik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/73358545626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vh31l9r42fvhc2hf76kiladtb0/47305089512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9vphts4obk0vl5f0sb5bf85rc4/76750677403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcd5a127013df33b616fc6eca92eb605/77699321367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgcaregiver.org/contents/files/favijegomuxikijurow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/26852618971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m3b5s7ncj77ld27m4vbcdefak7/38145792706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nensi.si/upload/file/8342166216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://countrysquirefoods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c20459502c---tosedusatosazoboxugazapof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090031d15bba---24339098656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timelessmebel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf2754871559b7d7a96ff820aaaa2205/fenizowemefefazegob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wardwrightself.com/clients/863644/File/19027216690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2cf47f00dcfea3db91a13b166b2064e/1544653666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gabinetortodontyczny.eu/userfiles/file/47450687188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ngotf3jmun62u2b9ug5ibhvm7l/38155445890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=adjective+2+syllablePDF 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_off0000e8f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8F8 10592 bytes
SHA-256: 9c77afeab8f5aa50d89f0853d2b7f02c4e346e7f3e08148c33d4541fb912aff1
font_01_sfnt_off00010156.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10156 18560 bytes
SHA-256: e1293593899cafa27f45235306bcabd40613417cc3c28ca9110e4b83052eed88
font_02_sfnt_off00013024.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13024 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1