Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4ded1e1d112b46a8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.1 KB Created: 2021-09-10 19:51:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: b2a03d3db83669e5d8935c810d475cdb SHA-1: 7d6bdfdadd22b848c8a3f89ed4a1658a42efcff0 SHA-256: 4ded1e1d112b46a82b9559317e82bbb96d725bb8951808c9e81e174f85fd18bd
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing a link farm pointing to multiple PDF files hosted on various domains, some of which are identified as compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of external URIs and link farms suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9958

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://childrencareandliteracysociety.org/userfiles/files/winuwufadinabi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://chinhlytailieuluutru.com/media/ftp/file/pevuduzebukopeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thestarbusan.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210909_54F0B6FDDF3AE9E0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khamtribacninh.com/images/files/28797789133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-noginsk.ru/upload_picture/file/30051141030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vandervalk.reviews/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/75130754414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613182957c653---80759205009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okazdedziecko.pl/_files/Media/file/12796602056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitydm.eu/slicice/file/pejuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://butagallery.com/userfiles/files/jarujolitojix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crmrealty360degree.in/ci/userfiles/files/leviduresevejowubosek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sial.pl/galeria/file/92854920684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rebeccafantarchitetto.it/userfiles/files/80498966105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holcom-solar.com/webroot/img/files/surofibudozitixunerafeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613affa36921d---16917406380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epmachine.ru/d/files/kugulaxibokamet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137aee9b552a---23176884976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventexevent.se/uploads/file/12394648154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ubytovani-budejovice.cz/picture/vtextu/file/76251138324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sweed-trans.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mavojofowepowenas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8k353eb1g0t7r80rsq07dktfva/12607108865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rallyteamwalraven.nl/file/56353728645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hmed.vn/upload/files/21031040221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=iphone+8+vs+a31PDF 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_off0000cf74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF74 18416 bytes
SHA-256: 53d3e5d5d1e64b5e5c304a4bc940a6c564ade9f0bf8185a535b168ec9bc1b6f1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF93 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000117aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117AA 10464 bytes
SHA-256: a6fbf2af491b5df398bf9e290d62330047016d78fa08de36961b93ea671a08c6