Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4f34f1c87b581782…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-09-09 11:02:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: d90933acac6c9075db8901aa073ac2d6 SHA-1: 9c63eb77b783b3f46f34e2b9f34597a4f4a0af79 SHA-256: 4f34f1c87b581782b6e060900dd438cc50aa7c0f18223936ecb94fdaa59aa850
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and exhibits characteristics of a link farm. Multiple heuristics indicate the PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded links are the primary indicators of malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f3835c5354---10776310548.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://francescasciortino.it/userfiles/files/nifuwimogubotojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cemeba.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/71627191033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jshtextile.com/UserFiles/file///73263371779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mytrangroup.com/uploads/userfiles/file/gefogilokuweviniritifafes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ff71263d0e---87103622493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deaprogettazioni.it/userfiles/files/68196670425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muzpony.de/obrazki/file/32577390791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snnet.kr/board_pds/fckeditor/2021/09/file/35612225817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wideanglepackaging.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53248613490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestofbeer.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wivafovifimigiwasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hygradeinsulators.com/images/uploads/file/77357990428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geriatriccarenewjersey.com/userfiles/files/kixigorezuxoxekijax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139bc8cb8a59---nalebota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://superiorservicesandsolutionsfl.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/zokoxuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://b2b-intelligence.it/uploads/file/buxonetakiwogatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mlbcsimleague.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sotivatenixel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angel-conference.org/upload_fck/file/2021-9-5/20210905134822266818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3bfa863e3ffc6f1e824ff66c301a619/goradevofadewuzitizup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphanaturehk.com/userfiles/file/kegowoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stauarchitetti.eu/userfiles/files/20163497850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/372d12b2a993473570bb09da6ed564a3/2081791299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tindangnhadat.vn/upload/files/4498689182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spadhotel.com/basefile/spadhotelcom/files/tovari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=flyer+maker+premium+apkPDF 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_off0000e895.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE895 10204 bytes
SHA-256: a652e56b9b4402601f0006c413fc688925dcea02c3cf2a43e74b350ace14abc8
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF69 17744 bytes
SHA-256: 2643348057cabf4f19279399ef3a23c4c7f3d48e92be6811a6d94d65082407c4
font_02_sfnt_off00012d47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D47 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1