Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4ce7983700e84b64…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.2 KB Created: 2021-09-16 13:25:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 0c20e1084a80831b0ff00fb60ebb3bab SHA-1: 6a4cc7a52c5b648583246678f61fc5ae1ee6a887 SHA-256: 4ce7983700e84b6417cb86a003b795b32d05fcc8397a5d7b802403be16f21954
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 or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to obscure the final destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=purple+hibiscus+free+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://jarosi.hu/files/file/jumonulerasage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mineraux-et-lithotherapie.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/vojaxivimudibejomokadokoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muachungbaohiem.com/uploads/userfiles/file/powisilepomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patc.fr/imagesfile/38488964199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirsistem.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/157635286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e347cb4193---61394292759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubmaniacr.com/campannas/file/dirogawizadawafotimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harringtonandlombardi.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zijumirujivod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spbmedaks.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/rofufararewobuvosixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oppedisanorobertosrl.com/userfiles/files/74018281843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oteaexpert.fr/cite_imgs/file/vilirezalinisisut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariocigliano.com/userfiles/files/49890926287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongphat.net/upload/files/92623164462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaymanhinhlaptop.com/userfiles/file/40429762538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cloverdiamond.com/file/67890073036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weblative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1895jokquqef60odgphn98mllk/fezelomenipabarutolif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161346db0e50bc---41512027564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000abd9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xABD9 14732 bytes
SHA-256: f525e28f58e9ad69fe3fe293b219a4e95e15703561fc23dbd7ec6304e9bdf921
font_01_sfnt_off0000d08d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD08D 10472 bytes
SHA-256: f81d9ed3bb880f04480b116d14cca24bb4b69871a72cfc0c8ff67a02c7fb3be8
font_02_sfnt_off0000e821.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE821 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1