Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4ef334a7b8ad8caf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

104.1 KB Created: 2021-06-28 22:57:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 5ca48ca06bd633571456468df658fef5 SHA-1: 33c04fa0f0fc8f4fa616ae1a017584442e02cfda SHA-256: 4ef334a7b8ad8cafdbf3e2fa9072bfa0ee84f51ce7702474ae891d593c65b1aa
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, including one with a dynamically generated name hosted on a compromised WordPress site. The presence of numerous external links suggests an attempt to redirect users to phishing or malware-hosting sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9934

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://bjbtrh.com/files/pic/file/23210820011.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jinanxintiandi.com/userfiles/files/gakiwijakizurekuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apskarota.org/userfiles/file/monujuvew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cc38d73b96---17084509180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f312bf0391---xujexedatoxetokimoginepod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a455dc1bc20---60512645865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3bbb.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/29856414478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081af6343cdd---83821828177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apcmagon.com/userfiles/57956647030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9b57c9cc24---fevogopiwofexodemekiruzun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltssinternational.com/res/wysiwyg/file/bepegewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a66f8d54e9b---kimodikulujefepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160988fd8ad2da---97591275950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ad51e15c47---8448456400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kythuatviet.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/jelomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infotechloyalty.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/fulozemipowasesukasif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4536bba85---5388383142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/068b1860d39340edf9f0f1ffc5a6526b/60260208336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://caravanandre.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8674725b016189672422977807ea5e96/57939145496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://velkoobchod-man.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89724727148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.partyshuttlebus.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608424b2d84f4---fidizatajurov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/876345b9f46e8fabd739154d431f94e8/soworeboxopizozegitirejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/zojoviranekitasedir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=hiccups+after+drinking+waterPDF 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_off00013251.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13251 17572 bytes
SHA-256: 79e91552a1595a82b2abdc448a18e30b48c1dd0e5166e477f98e03e6932bfd36
font_01_sfnt_off00016045.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16045 10900 bytes
SHA-256: 2bb997d276508be2a3ecef1117d534e8c1c1943d7c7ab691cce9df3846a812f2
font_02_sfnt_off0001797c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1797C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1