Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a411f43b4d8ec713…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-08-07 17:59:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 360fab5102466270c40a2ff4bb0ebccc SHA-1: a814ceefb96d2b4464adb5e444075d2808f76a44 SHA-256: a411f43b4d8ec713b479e28b0207ee0b59eb37d378627be308c1ff7db97d42ba
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file contains numerous links to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains. The high number of links and the nature of their hosting suggest a deliberate attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+maze+runner+meaning PDF link annotation
    • http://accessibilite-salle-eau.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45344384126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f3e9758d193aaa05afd734368e49012/70401613397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/44657258213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lhjmfamily.com/clients/5/5d/5d8645f74963a96e1aea25f3b610eff6/File/31312000339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--fct8ml6mwue.tw/uploads/files/88227277566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agermag.ro/mm/file/foninedusaxajaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4218c63af9c3c86525cc09de569ec5c/94610275916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad29c14db94---66369005360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alatheir.com/atheirwsfiles/file/numipevotaseje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/981efc419af2cd1abef9adb69d6de555/rikunenibigaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanders-scottfamily.com/clients/26926/File/feraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610ddc712338f---95778750984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bajajsports.com/userfiles/file/35529566409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609337ee7ffba---93660393628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiodugnani.it/userfiles/files/91965980859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allseasonsart.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/mezadonofup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariosantanna.eu/userfiles/files/getepabilikawaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ubest.ru/images/file/22592481800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b5f570cbf204920162b30f224a2b5d3/10195050038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polipack.ru/content/file/pekesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cf58aecec0---96042596583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tv-sat.cz/userfiles/file/wanan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aful.edu.pe/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43192752312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotwaterfactory.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d67526699dc3df83158ac685ddce1d2/90779754365.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_off0000f936.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF936 10244 bytes
SHA-256: ef4f3f6ffebef9da767854f5f24e19cedf32bcd463b45b7c04cc1214b73a7eb2
font_01_sfnt_off00010ff9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FF9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001280b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1280B 17436 bytes
SHA-256: a456e5e91601ab3b678a73da80a04479363f7293998dd7f57dfa3343aac0faa5