Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a4f44fed6a816368…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 15:10:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: eb4726aaf8f897b365456db2c90ff632 SHA-1: f84522efc0f869f344230d121c26ccbd12ec59e1 SHA-256: a4f44fed6a81636802c9474dbf0e41fe7837dc735ca2d09cb0e22809bef3da1b
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 appear to be part of a link farm, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics point towards the document being used to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://ipssecurityconsultants.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31583233835.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://yuanhebiotech.com/upload/files/11530285953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rpv-drachten.nl/files/file/56101193154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesaddlebank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o66q2berura3bvd68di028nrna/terob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenlivinggarden.com/htdocs/UserFiles/file/kagonunerunuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://remoteyourstaff.com/calisma2/files/uploads/vegogifim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namthangbasaltstone.com/uploads/image/files/42427354057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robertfeinberglaw.com/images/edit_images/file/6835788230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nnt52.ru/userfiles/file/24188036202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okuninka-biale.pl/userfiles/file/82211934336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zahnersatz.pl/userfiles/files/senolopizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081b6ab515f6---fuvimowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namjapizza.com/app/webroot/files/suxutedujowoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvugiayphep.net/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/ganodivideginawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tnetimes.kr/upload/file///627057364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lasvegasrebath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb093b0e68a37cc04c014b97cc0df1b1/seforonox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaizenlife.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kowajadagowosana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnc-soustruzeni.cz/files/file/nakajower.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uitvaartverzorgingsindex.nl/images/uploads/zuzojerekeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://captaincook.hu/userfiles/file/47486271445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9426n28utgd8b9okv87s4nv800/bexir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rungruangsteel.com/public/upload/userfiles/files/zivived.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidarepavimentimarmogenovaealessandria.it/userfiles/files/33122700671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c948b79e08---29602022303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=essay+examples+fce+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_off0000efdf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFDF 10468 bytes
SHA-256: eca99831939770c763cc341d6ad5e322a3f889df83191cf7e407ff9eccd1e8b8
font_01_sfnt_off000107b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107B0 17376 bytes
SHA-256: c0b33ceaa9e26adb9837eb89fd687392da736dfde7225390dbcc9a137f5cfeb9
font_02_sfnt_off0001342c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1342C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1