Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4dcdf1a96df79943…

MALICIOUS

PDF

104.4 KB Created: 2021-07-19 20:24:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 03c4afd5dc75aa3b584541bd275b8219 SHA-1: 26aef50d34ed679815ea0392e5562d744467737a SHA-256: 4dcdf1a96df799436825301610d164e04baad9ee69a603579c036758190a1adb
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file exhibits characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure. It contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or serving a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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://vimbark.sk/editor_uploads/files/tipetipi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://polymer-optix.de/userfiles/file/xebaloninonozenetazimew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faradbox.pl/files/file/65443877523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gfbn2a8u2mlccdphkv04lnfj5j/3251190697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brkvinc.com/userfiles/file/posufepirodutis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607218e44a2dc---kurawogatibosifivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidareemantenerepavimentifaidate.it/userfiles/files/masumodojuzimesobex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8276d8c899811a559934085649a9db20/sakepebomow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cd38440c25---98761222591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lesson-online.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fab05sq9jaoa45haoaooeo0tk4/59890483824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9fb28cc4911738c82be89451a2d5702/28157821945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a569efdc1b3---xigekodejudovebog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04f4979be94960553c50f8078379a6d1/tamozugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b5013c7ea0---latumoviviru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab051f4436324d4b0849f0a273c9287f/53118784136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090b9822533a---gilunifavimorexafilew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://say-international.eu/userfiles/file/sadazowuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://texmet.pl/userimages/file/medudijotomexekaselokaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvuketoansg.com/luutru/files/sujupebazevulovisokozoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lesfeesdelhetre.fr/upload/files/9042539274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gauravkankariya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ghkg52l1ueup65h431oju047o4/mafarekomubalovipopilomok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://123podkrovie.sk/editor_uploads/files/lemusabunixunevopovif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=efficient+market+theory+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_off000134d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134D2 10860 bytes
SHA-256: 2c90406000e0f7277568fc350ca5df9faffea7a9bb22d59441b3b9865c08422a
font_01_sfnt_off00014db3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14DB3 18084 bytes
SHA-256: 6dd612217b0ec91ff4a09169eefa1ea168a06726714aadb004959fd366e6cd80
font_02_sfnt_off00017c93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17C93 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1