Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a4e7f263a1045d89…

MALICIOUS

PDF

120.1 KB Created: 2021-08-15 20:05:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 93946222eeb7df04c26afbe58482b90b SHA-1: 65f0d8d40593f94da9df0841e904d225654dddf3 SHA-256: a4e7f263a1045d89d1559061ee93b66b47cf9bd0ea4bb3572c240ccdde5da7b0
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a high number of embedded links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via these links. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is weaponized.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

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://canvasations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79ae6fd5cf698111e81ac93a4b5f3766/papadimemisonunukobe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://asremajazi.com/uploads/files/duzovejigopifezejikawugok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paperland.bg/uploads/file/zezuwerasinetoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexnepaltravel.com/userfiles/file/lelufixalafit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081e2429e37e---10387998193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmusicfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ofmt05udvrqesmm8jaisprmkbu/13868799644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kalirich.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nm7a32encjeqge8vp580uo4783/72813679069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinarioassociatopacinidallatorre.eu/userfiles/files/bigelikiludowixake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tk27o97359ij19ung4r8as3hi5/11924052319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgl.lu/userfiles/files/28932981840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecompletecontact.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78384766205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur1.com/contents//files/kufatujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/24998600037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattingtoemrerogsnedker.dk/userfiles/file/kovarudakes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bomtvplus.com/data/board/file/20210522211121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d025e5ed0bcbe1ad516c15785e3ad6c5/jiposagegefigulapinonow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieuthivatlieuhoanthien.com/upload/files/20990557970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1982f8b5aeef1916463218033fb9bea/37603305261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsinc.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24b282e0f9d202366f020442e778d25b/996973729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cec-intl.ru/app/webroot/files/file/36713303624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dartmusicfestival.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd6ad327f11c6a46f6ba7cb6c3cbc418/83527891636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomhypnosisnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d97e718a02107e689da86dd670345d7/18383853177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=comma+splice+worksheet+8th+grade+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_off000175e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x175E3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00018df5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18DF5 16160 bytes
SHA-256: 6ede5113f752daeb5c6bd774f6b63834a2f16d49b2d0a95ed3b1f9a9a6409512
font_02_sfnt_off0001b795.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B795 11380 bytes
SHA-256: 7a4dff359c2a2ae6bebd587a669ccfe0658a5222afe374aa0dd1be3c4af4805e