Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4e932fea2bf60185…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.2 KB Created: 2021-07-31 12:20:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 7bd5dcefb12ba90379469b2ce1c9d1d0 SHA-1: 7b1677dd9c5ca3ef0f36d63f181edb6cc834063d SHA-256: 4e932fea2bf60185a6ad0315555dfd0f36fadce7ec030da9b2c48c8007d2e04b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading a secondary payload. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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://paglialonga.it/userfiles/files/sazuwaredonogazefor.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/51457315750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourownadviser.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xefaregemaxavamipadajuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ff2ac3bd93---fezafikewatox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://citywideok.com/clients/75789/File/74934226186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariamontecchia.com/userfiles/files/kakajebosowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2d143098a1---68079652311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mingmitrcoffee.com/user_img/files/dizimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094af2549386---tudexizajoxegida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e1629e1159a---zuxivadogataxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e3d2cc97b83---zogijezaseja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dietmoiquangle.com/webroot/img/files/91407681545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abovomedia.hu/_user/file/78665758673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607432d23a27b---33478130865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chayka-svg.ru/files/favokomabop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.escon.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/811a175e55f90f66d70b758b858b009a/sabotasukemur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riggi.ru/userfiles/file/52570020205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6d90b6d8fa---59131225228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matchonusa.com/uploads/files/80440591175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richfield1960.com/clients/865265/File/81634509861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crmloccitanecr.com/campannas/file/98664480863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukierniabrzezinski.pl/www/artizam/fck/file/kasasela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://musikkursus.dk/userfiles/file/wenujedezonodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8eucsbn9rsquhjv5v7q2elt401/2667121405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphasigmaoverseas.com/userfiles/file/67272263658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba9c256ab47---44422052691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=are+quaker+quick+5+minute+grits+gluten+freePDF 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_off00010552.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10552 11012 bytes
SHA-256: 6bb90f906cd40e6e7cedf8df9bf566507be58984b7e368f6cc8f0c2f502a9f37
font_01_sfnt_off00011ea9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EA9 18224 bytes
SHA-256: 0fe8214c29a42ed98a65e251208f2676dc9b2d2882d8e20a1b91f186e09f49ff
font_02_sfnt_off00014eb4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14EB4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1