Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4deaa765cfd30d18…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.2 KB Created: 2021-09-16 04:14:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 8b06b913792fedcc68e8063f76ae1076 SHA-1: 0dc072c9e4a891635a40369cc35f2cc20a739744 SHA-256: 4deaa765cfd30d18f9d5ef46e84d6e6734e35be6f1020ca16c129362c82d46df
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or appear to be part of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution through these links. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, so the rationale is based on the URL analysis and heuristic firings.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://mingzhicc.com/userfiles/files/53623621293.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://brunagabriele.it/userfiles/files/18992741731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ap-qatar.com/userfiles/files/27148447868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remproekt-m.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/karaluramafutebejinot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://influences-vegetales.eu/assets/Image/files/jafefipanasaregefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d39566df1a---mesipusimig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ltmetal.com/userfiles/files/lagepududiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homespakistan.net/magzine/uploadfiles/file/89527441185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelspace.pl/userfiles/file/kokuputevatovezopev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annabarons.com/files/files/72532150474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mavelikaradiocese.org/rapha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kasijajoregazafuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiolaviano.it/userfiles/files/lupediwodexajitob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafkqcanfpgnhbng3b5i9a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/mudogukewajaxewuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://springkasteelhuren.be/userfiles/file/dubelutiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://niboparis.com/upload/fckeditor/files/kolujivegoxobena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wellnesszeewolde.nl/site/data/ws/files/suberedelevevunalusatoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16b46c74a87530a83b6eb04668422d17/53195608639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anapharmata.hu/ckfinder/core/connector/php/files/1708724312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pacemakerpressintl.com/uploads/assets/file/rimafomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135050224b8d---2480549014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inprovitcolombia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gusukobalikeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spreewaldpension-luebben.de/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/vijifopifarovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=gringo+john+mcafee+streamPDF 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_off0000cea7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEA7 18096 bytes
SHA-256: a07bf0120567bdefc7ca9fcb992f8c4239aae8e1bd2a4b6b1fa2990240a77824
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE0E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011625.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11625 10904 bytes
SHA-256: e60e8d9cb569f56e5f9a3220e4427a3772e9870f27510592821c94aa40ce9a73