Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d938e153ccddb95…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 06:06:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 8111457c7d1e189fa163d699b3281773 SHA-1: 6f582bc248d4db1c70121f0befff4f474d113bd1 SHA-256: 4d938e153ccddb95533ed909fcb894382c5c364af9e517f4b396996ebc372367
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 numerous links to external PDFs hosted on compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates an attempt to obscure the true destination and leverage SEO poisoning tactics. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure points to a downloader or redirector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://dolphinsolutions.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bimapetagozibekosir.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://grandwatergatehotel.com/upfile_hotel/files/neroganokinugawojoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomedicoveterinariobellucci.eu/userfiles/files/logitozoduxalasodewinolev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/21722752069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biomedchita.ru/imeg_master/file/tilujosufokejuxun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odontoflash.eu/userfiles/files/vutilojumorudovematudegel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609663032e4c0---974596844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/425eaed3e164591403dbd26f8caa2754/gokoziminowuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://personalloan2u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95c4f5b8d45814930c112f40af74cd84/79933704611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://askort.pl/Upload/file/gimesijafup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ebvmau41j051jb9lqcumfk9nu/24827039304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bocamvigliesrooms.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fba92932c130cf424d0907d28a23922b/20692083355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floridaholidayplanner.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b94c622942078486528ce85e9545883/41085994190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scro.ru/pic/file/85922890981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sartor.ru/upload/files/roxedan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cda89b111a---gekujiwesezesotef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mitsubishilongbien.vn/images/ckeditor/files/rogedomuleronut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greece-ex.com/images/blog//file/97010120134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://craftland.de/res/wysiwyg/file/lelitebogejofezos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carlojans.com/cms/file/40626409233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingbikeonline.com/images/upload/File/64435084180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clarklawtexas.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/25708932638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=air+compressor+book+pdfPDF 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_off0000e1ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1EC 17252 bytes
SHA-256: 2c09821cd3b2d9af354ba99e044451faa9ad4897866f92909f6b39ac3314f4f9
font_01_sfnt_off00010e6d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E6D 10584 bytes
SHA-256: 15d4a67bedb2e2070fbf8d8f705f88d3e81c24724f942ddf44deee8af9587072
font_02_sfnt_off0001265d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1265D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1