Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ab4d67e244300b00…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-09-22 15:24:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 8532989897698fdd16b03b2a91d39ffd SHA-1: 342645639f28259f55e0aebac29f52f95ce4f38a SHA-256: ab4d67e244300b00e33ea23b322428476ebcfc61a88ff1369d73fe4522cd4067
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, with several pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating an attempt to host malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading further malware or visiting phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://thienminhgroup.com/uploads/userfiles/file/kepakovowokopofijatovav.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://alpes-de-haute-provence.proximeo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xizubexov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotusromeo.fr/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/zixapelodetapej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161458479e8f22---temufenufobodegotaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161367b22f34fa---pemukaxuwaxigogonajev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bevasilicones.in/userfiles/file/wugexubababagatabibegima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614880d35b2b3---lapuvop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winpoasia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ragibujemolakiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingwaterpure.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46942345014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labotinnghia.com/img/files/pesoxititorif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ser-buk.com/userfiles/file/70888325246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c2drb76v1i28qfqghpk63pce6/vajoxowerikuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renhedc.com/uploads/files/202109220714364353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautifulhairstore.com/upload/files/98439704320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idealist.ro/userfiles/file/pewoxasujajivonuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orderbestwings.com/uploads/files/44790070573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sarna-zapiekanki.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36730183780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sitarofindiamd.com/userfiles/file/6635749753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://security-m.jp/tool/images/file/9066367120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinarioassociatopacinidallatorre.eu/userfiles/files/5385799277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://confeccionesruiz.cl/UserFiles/File/11221421576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ssanadia.in/userfiles/file/55603197570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rosabrockenhaus.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84407698276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=adopt+me+online+freePDF link annotation
    • http://tes-sys.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/20210912/16314129763365.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_off0000daa2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAA2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2B9 10312 bytes
SHA-256: 63cc7e42e53bb77396d1e383fe3b27b3e2e321315ebdfbdf1d6909e8f235e6c4
font_02_sfnt_off000109d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109D0 17208 bytes
SHA-256: fee1c75df54ecb457adb3e212573029894a735d0b47b24a7fc09aa482197ab97