Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4e43357232762e4e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-09-21 22:43:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 3d0e6aea7a291c7a4ffdc9c076ecfc29 SHA-1: 7c7e90e8ef65d21198bb5fab8fa72ab327eb7b49 SHA-256: 4e43357232762e4e1947c74b7908efa9b6554be8c3ab6dcfc24fe71e554defea
236 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating malicious intent, including random and compromised CMS upload links, and a password archive lure. ClamAV also detected it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The presence of embedded URLs and link farms suggests an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content, likely a second-stage payload. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be generated by wkhtmltopdf, but the heuristics strongly suggest a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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://varbackaforskola.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54046460016.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vinhhangvien.com/upload/files/niviluropize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szilasfood.hu/pic_upload/files/dotem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ktai.lmg.jp/upload/file/27097887609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cen7dias.es/userfiles/files/menubozilusibotines.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wwsm-hk.com/files/file/suposutidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaies.cn/upfiles/file/pomowikofiferifebujumelas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilghirlandaio.it/userfiles/files/zetijomipevulilukaserelaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dush-kz.ru/uploads/fck/file/50295314356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmv7al5laaedqg29je6mgmqp9j/26843346847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gld-lining.com/user_img/files/tebulite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.icicle-mountaineering.ltd.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34994803110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiuxingchaoshi.com/uploads/file/200625046577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vhshf.de/File/nulizogidefiluwejesaxavon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143244ed2ff6---1920463227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1llnvtdll6n85uhkohhjmsea46/72931457759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rawoctane.com/uploads/file/68468399446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aledrukujemy.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82338700611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bkmarine.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1630755130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highspiritsmusic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kevepoxixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5eb253f61dadd1d94d33e75115b5ca5c/diwefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etcbt.com/userfiles/file/18038821313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukorbetegshop.hu/files/89018901440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144e99c41b4a---vowitavup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghettaetamionarchitetti.it/userfiles/files/kajoduxawogibazokenet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.benkorner.nl/admin/library/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mitate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=dream+league+2020+android+offlinePDF 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_off0000ebad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBAD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000103c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103C4 10772 bytes
SHA-256: ef52d532c6218a4a68660db5dfddc4ea624e829237935f547e9034421ac2d453
font_02_sfnt_off00011c4e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C4E 18768 bytes
SHA-256: 353c619e781a23f10a3f62eaac8a7c5e9b585bc97a89f853bddf599e6aa67e5b