Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4f292512d270b16e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-08-09 13:43:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: bdcb91665053142d01bdfbe63ec7a86d SHA-1: 46e131258592ad9d1711d9e26e1bd4936ffa1c8d SHA-256: 4f292512d270b16ecd322ad8106f7dd4d173ed87e25ebe73a1d328b03081faea
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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://prime-standard.com/piceditor/file/motikumalekoxamigitileg.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abaf3001898---xabuvuwizuligoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94941762b14bda8c7cd3bb6727cbde6b/gibidibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajaunited.com/contents//files/mamirabaven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a882d5ef82---pexabivibovetenebag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sy-smile.com/upload/files/sapenomumafowaxuvewosupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ldbndogr5i8o1306auo67lcr3/tozam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viajespereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ab4cad3f6f---kulolafikepimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckstone.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5352b3d8b4acd97d148ea2acac3bc88/kubalorodupusuluwedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d1594da8b8---rogumidur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aodaibooking.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210805_457E0328BC43754A.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contact-house.com/fckeditor/upload/file/6885836274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606de46ce390b---kamapefawubaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scheiden-maassluis.nl/uploads//file/gupudad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610a2cb1155cd---86685849981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sghscsjamarai.org/guruhargobind/userfiles/file/22389755797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dolcezzecaffe.it/file/najewubunexopoluxarij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wohingltd.com/userfiles/lijido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cy2hand.com/userfiles/84312929601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210521091601146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hardlineconstruct.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/60961355913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brightfieldbusinesshub.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2hs0sh1488v5l2daokt6d5gbmd/80118562009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=kayla+itsines+bbg+zero+equipment+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000efbf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFBF 17208 bytes
SHA-256: 7044b7a54ea6d9902dcebbce2470b816b45c487ef84eef2a8b3b95a4a6ec3396
font_01_sfnt_off00011ce1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CE1 11476 bytes
SHA-256: 39e48c9e0de083a6367a3829140dc5cd79bd2045be118522a1c62713c17d2f72
font_02_sfnt_off00013769.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13769 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1