Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4dcf7b3e0f91b2f4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.7 KB Created: 2021-09-03 00:35:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 90ee4877802a767e2ecd3ca3df072202 SHA-1: 6d4a3adbe94536570c9090b85d95bb54bc9c0bf1 SHA-256: 4dcf7b3e0f91b2f4191bf9402d2dfb61f3114291dd9adaca64620a41d2c412ec
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a PDF-based downloader.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9901

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://acryl-bg.com/userfiles/file/42808934175.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bet-balance.com/userfiles/file/60109642882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariovianello.eu/userfiles/files/siruzari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c35104bd185---xebekukexaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/felegexiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ufolep-69.com/contenus/files/vodakavisagesaxafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087a8f5da53a---54402858651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mygiftltd.com/userfiles/file/xefovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristalparkhotel.com.ve/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54428615265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acrgruppe.de/userfiles/file/tuwowot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlspandoek.nl/userfiles/file/39429141529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.profiemg.cz/upload/ck/files/26644344601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b00b54d2398---tusenibeboxadirebofatik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b00c888719---50821421464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studionegrelli.it/userfiles/files/lobunokede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uniontend.com/userfiles/files/rawegesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wwm-quanta.com/upload/files/gemomid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boschvietnam.vn/files/usersfiles/files/kizixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec4ca2ad4ea---koxolelimig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakesup.org/userfiles/file/sifexusofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/frlqqifilsosolspaq54kfnfh4/22006053511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19859bb63db861879d07546acea90522/jakoxonebetukade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cef98a12792---57944697866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2735d3275069d3dd13876fcbec26c574/rowuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edu-mate.kr/_UploadFile/Images/file/342101390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giasuthanhdat.vn/Images_upload/files/69539063551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chetanaus.org/bheru/uploadfiles/file/93120238398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=surface+area+and+volume+of+rectangular+pyramid+worksheetPDF 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_off0000c841.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC841 17220 bytes
SHA-256: 18c8d5bb5a6b2e3f8fef66229f00ff1b83b57a6e6daf60355455d8934e992b0d
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4DA 11600 bytes
SHA-256: d6b80cb6e40a933be6a691724c7039e50df8228a988caaf05fdb60447d3587a5
font_02_sfnt_off00011016.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11016 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1