Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7b4b1634c75b7a7e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-08-16 11:18:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 4ae370ddda50560a234cd38b4ee7405f SHA-1: be5397b203175c403f8a1c7b0108ca8372d00aef SHA-256: 7b4b1634c75b7a7e62749d7c9a40c02d830ea42fd379cd3139b5b1a7eab241f7
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to a site that serves a malicious payload or phishing page. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL patterns are indicative of a common PDF-based lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://talk200.com/admin/admin/uploadfiles/file/xowewipogalofer.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://naturallabs.fr/userfiles/file/15094887146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audioclinica.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m5rnonseipf42plt0p127rra7g/zalumij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160722b6371eb5---lazovalokunita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91989fb7f5b96f34fb299540b766b83e/38122725187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2f7d4c04dde83f4613ba7796b8ea414/36789364412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blackshirts1962.com/clients/f/f2/f245580d3072b78cda2271cf7a7e3f61/File/38795984855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tappowine.com/file/suminunobazizesugoroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ottotech.center/userfiles/file/fikevefeguziwomipezatit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59345210f5598781321bed09a04b211c/kuxojivojoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6gkjv4cbl7jm9dduurvdbt3gbu/52521558418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lamaisonducoeur.ca/upload/editor/file/76425530572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kadh.kr/bobod/upload/file/gopuxasidazade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebsenglish.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/55938092221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobydick-band.de/fckdata/file/bepajararuwep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ibyservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6bf7f28b2f34e33f0ae71ac5b76b6a9b/lavepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hnatiukreunion.com/clients/b/b5/b5561851e3069b632e798ef7a1275556/File/57964840615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sloplast.com/userfiles/files/tedagodadelewulazewagebip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9907357a0ebfd8f9d7ae3883f3f8a838/62962842966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitviewer.biz/files/file/wojijexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3jllgpi6i7qrio65nokeqk641/57059239357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoprofi.ua/userfiles/file/28316397339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoshiftbid.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/18180132893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=canoscan+lide+25+driver+64+bit+windows+10PDF 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_off0000dc9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC9A 11360 bytes
SHA-256: 4dbe0f2f1b181eab16a0c82e26f797a1832d8de770f421bd799f29e51b4cd06b
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7B6 17884 bytes
SHA-256: a15ca4e60184f139823a9a197af9795f53fd0e5c855898cdb5882739a22d032a
font_02_sfnt_off000125d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125D7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1