Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4f133be9a553d828…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-07-29 12:07:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 1d25bb5721fcf472f3ed5fae769e0d61 SHA-1: a0c320215791500cba8bd52959cb318268781466 SHA-256: 4f133be9a553d828ac9f26c6cad43fa465e736248e7189262e30b19aa6be7fa9
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the link farm and the detection results indicate a high likelihood of malicious intent, possibly involving the download of a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://elmbbq.com/uploads/files/59811018254.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ps1c1l85nba5hknc4a0mdqsd34/11342950808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/wixefotimuduvuwukurij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bba85b26e59---41034638491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54p53b7polan9a50udbl4ejqo6/wuwazaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanga.asia/userData/board/file/gazoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jfkanacon.org/data/userfiles/files/34069263721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8124cd52c8a63900aefeefebf4fe888d/70850120901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marcuspietrek.de/MARCUS/files/file/soxobavekizojuzegetene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digitaldaya.com/imagenes/file/zekesim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bannails.com/fckeditor_userfiles/file/ripeverowiteporikireven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cantellodetersiviprofessionali.it/uploads/file/75333780939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhiringisamsankalimandir.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8569091941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bobas24.pl/Upload/file/kokikukituro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjbtrh.com/files/pic/file/57853941870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc3b6b21474---jonajalurizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotojursa.cz/userfiles/file/wolikolufubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://universe-micro.com/upload/files/20210716_092335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcc-sa.com/motakamel/Ups/files/73213750711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076d322490da---22518015949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/59602957845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b00821e510b---22836370197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhnguyenvn.com/uploads/userfiles/file/60368327250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jcirvvf7jm834cu8b86d5rs523/17169471975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=naruto+shippuden+ultimate+ninja+storm+legacy+ps4+chilePDF 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_off0000d0b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0B1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e8c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8C3 18072 bytes
SHA-256: 0305ebdacd72db6b3e3dc64ea5343369fb0eb1ef14aa562dbfd73c7fbd822f79
font_02_sfnt_off000116ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116EE 11360 bytes
SHA-256: 884f5dcb21436db687fb50332c0b7ff785734f382e502c15724854568958510e