Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4ed9712d6aa38ed0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-09-09 00:31:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 25969f2da8d7054dc593c3d2c07d3694 SHA-1: 0242c50b543baf32e11aafc7772c9961cfe2386f SHA-256: 4ed9712d6aa38ed0e23134192e5041912709f35c05b96b64d1522679d04a4270
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a lure to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=watch+ouija+origin+of+evil+online+free PDF link annotation
    • http://residenzaeden-albisola.com/userfiles/files/nololirerugajav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madonnina.info/userfiles/files/46819608755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135e3ad34510---nibajukifumodegifofek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canhtoanland.com/upload/files/61483721265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongshengcable.com/images/upload/File/5686856221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioituigiay.net/uploads/files/54553968106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goteneplast.se/files/images/file/guluvegosiviluvaminaweji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mpu-beratung-brendle.de/userfiles/file/9160356449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtylek.pl/Upload/file/36739996826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pantanalmsnews.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66405816377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getem.eu/files/file/xogel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciccioinpentola.com/userfiles/files/28058269511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.detskaoptika.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5437245718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exim5.hu/_user/file/joburedid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stormester.no/files/file/22083438149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lerucherdesanges.fr/userfiles/file/76251842136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa68efc8d62c7a82504384a76a9cf63d/68057791358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.assofmt.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48572155319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slovoveri.org/userfiles/mobapaleveweparawewodas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://propertiesforrent.com/userfiles/file///3217928244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://childrencareandliteracysociety.org/userfiles/files/winuwufadinabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161382f721208a---77413538961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sooam.com/files/fckeditor/file/39038851561346efff41b1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://185.33.116.145/~acus01/upload/files/1218859177.pdfPDF 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_off0000e091.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE091 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8A8 10736 bytes
SHA-256: 46c34e9005db630e1514db5131be402b61583f3ecc0dc230c666f67a58984998
font_02_sfnt_off0001114c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1114C 18576 bytes
SHA-256: 0e5ac0cccbf257f1d9cb8c62247a8236e4737d3a4d8f1750c3ee3f37fe649291