Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a410285a8048847e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.5 KB Created: 2021-08-09 14:49:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 460273b89d6b29318135629e03db9201 SHA-1: dd31c03681cc53f6142eac6688c616153bf02d16 SHA-256: a410285a8048847e1dc10f3e70ad1cbe991d8937cae226ab3268fbf7d410bd9e
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics indicate the document is designed to redirect users to external malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ecrire+l%27%C3%A9quation+bilan+de+la+respiration+cellulaire PDF link annotation
    • http://rjt1.org/upload/files/55203807947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22970aba616d1c061d0c922b21d80034/wujutijidafukufakevug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rumputhijau.com/contents//files/84649218495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lbhs1965.com/clients/6/6b/6bdd8f708684a1f547efbf97e1630fe5/File/48409584827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e0idl3mdgjc38rtu0ts6vd666/vimudol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcca4dce3ca---91381729008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4om6gcg5lmh32v2blngge12184/xunopetitozukikujufira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osc-pribor.ru/products_pictures/file/nigurezalusukexumaguzaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sporyolu.com/resimler/files/zojonetedikobop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feach.ie/images/uploads/file/86445850437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/258l02gmcl22ov6a7dqnta0de6/59131447798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duancanhotot.com/upload/files/xidijezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160bfb4f0e4f3f---62086153778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winston-woodward.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81715802891b1c17918c80cb051111ba/zigotefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vmkmsz.hu/userfiles/file/zagukuvoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mosjob.ru/images/file/13892662703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.servicioscalibrados.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f29c973665471777b5b2a038c3dc6b00/kuxenitadezenafopekezomap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hhturcssk7ko2bkvsnb13ubt6o/pamazukikixavom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/342c622dc428119d15bf3958040e2b65/japado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banghetretruc.com/media/ftp/file/ximojizituzupagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krono-original.vn/Images_upload/files/96389166011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unicorn-furnitures.com/d/files/seseze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00010390.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10390 11064 bytes
SHA-256: 1394fcd91a435d9709b305ea2bf1ec5bf1dae319af80c6444b9bd86adaf2c35c
font_01_sfnt_off00011cb9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CB9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000134cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134CB 20432 bytes
SHA-256: 5f76bd3e35147f013cbdede9ea64730f9bd7413dcc439c0f5f2c14235631f2ac