Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d650cb29d90f017…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.4 KB Created: 2021-09-04 04:33:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 086ca29b8f8f601eb39a906c5ca2c428 SHA-1: dff468285227d27dc34618f12d48de03b0170c87 SHA-256: 4d650cb29d90f0174ecf46be209d25d15b8ecdf7ab6c313a252e9a7194e47c7d
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, indicating a likely phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of these links suggests the document is intended to lure users to malicious sites, potentially for credential harvesting or further malware infection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=multiplying+with+decimals+worksheet+6th+grade PDF link annotation
    • http://krajinar.cz/soubory/files/55997327090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daaeportrett.no/upload/file/dufitex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eng.sut.ac.th/tce/2016/administrator/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sogitojoditerowapam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qian-ho.com/upfiles/editor/files/koduvoraroke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b28b860de5a---fesafuzilobakulemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b317dmvbjmdojkt48ajdqmqbr5/muzaxuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074ca1574745---43070657166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fairmonteast1975.com/clients/0/01/014dde3c838f86fef2ac1d31a86c415b/File/mowufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k2salight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df831587c01a80894d849f6cd639bec3/2371911959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac1a0c7cfe1---galuwetufatibuwamexubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chefinhogourmet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56fabf07233770e3d8f4500e82876733/nexonunerezegabojokodepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vewozaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelinnsuites.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/98057754161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/csht6vqpvhpfugog1ud7uc5em5/44531706518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tele-video.ru/upload/files/68595352267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c66ada9ad3d---54020031152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hobbstownis100.com/clients/6/66/66141d04a4341350d76ae3a38785cb5a/File/midenagiritu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a81cf6d32b---gizopimodizijawivirebinuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isnb.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a67e1ff1d406193ca29e17786b882ed/85624981101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motty-etai-sharon.com/files/files/21289744842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mbk-montage.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gawudagikonage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://engroupe.ca/aym_image/files/17952908938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://linpus.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/52336527588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hirurgija.me//files/4526429201.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_off0000ce86.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE86 17620 bytes
SHA-256: f3e0b774b3d47d7e7c4b7391bea078531b5b5751f24ef89f1fd7a2c85e8c5181
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC2B 11512 bytes
SHA-256: 13331e97a41d5cd57f587e49355e285666813eed0fb9e650fb9e54ec08646b6f
font_02_sfnt_off0001171c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1171C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1