Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4f691459de5f706c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 18:25:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: d5cf613803f22a922e499492a64bd39a SHA-1: 718b9caa65d0d94125293039c9a0a77cf338fc60 SHA-256: 4f691459de5f706cb3745ae188ec5cc5c525b4f9d9e713988025f24d518dcaaf
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-severity PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature, classifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://anandamsanyal.com/userfiles/file/razulu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6876268142a58f5d53bc64b6e1d10fbc/popotedavob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interesttour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8864116d6797d34c7a5e7f00ba31cdf5/gajibibegunufefuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7f625c7198383b2d2fec56d37816376/98783794700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f35c0eff56b258e01c010a346e60fc15/52918847384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lukinserv.hu/file/boximusurevojokewitugabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/pejarurovulupaselilibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earplighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4870b45822ddf9d07c5947de491d20d5/29605060385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vsqhrn6frlgesh45p5pktvaft4/nolupukimolotevebiwabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7d113380d9150ee0107eea6715eded3/zolowuxuxegifoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kroonzuivel.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28835422441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hagakure.by/upload/editor/files/88309893692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fairytaleweddingsandeventsbymary.com/clients/f/f2/f272f95a0afb65faa7304057ec0e56f6/File/35771929613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prsnashville.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ab622a568574c8b5e4898cab178c8db/tilukimebutibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.antoniopopolizio.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/datovoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transmar.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85553724160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shreyaghoshal.com/konadnew/userfiles/file/borojodafoviwuzod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://poolpoint.be/uploads/file/monebawisajujanuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160747aa8afcd4---47566504794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fujavietnam.com/images/Download/perake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab9169e1222---39577617041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amursvoidom.ru/media/files/waruwojulemogate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majorsagilekvaros.hu/uploads/file/fanunesox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=solving+radical+equations+coloring+worksheet+with+answers+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_off0000b81c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB81C 16144 bytes
SHA-256: 1f28e69213782f84e4be432779025874d324c0586f12e962b0f47a02d8e0b3b8
font_01_sfnt_off0000e134.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE134 11464 bytes
SHA-256: 9e5e7f02841bc83a418887112b404ecb245b1ed1a522f7ac9e26512340c167b8
font_02_sfnt_off0000fbd0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBD0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1