Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b04b48c646bce62d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

116.0 KB Created: 2021-07-24 23:52:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: b9ee6caabac63021a29a36805807f555 SHA-1: a2797d68970478c7373c6ffb71719b545b2df21e SHA-256: b04b48c646bce62de28255a8629fca31d1c4d8184f3f6c28884c5f9b1e349253
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 disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to distribute malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9901

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://ecogestval.com/userfiles/file/dudenovenuke.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.hemoroidklinigi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c6b942a037---suxofapododopetibes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-polylysine.com/d/files/80488056098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cec4f31b982d54447aeb60a06fa429e8/suwenefududemew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd36940fd57---radozapudadiguwuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070c2d647dbc---20801933330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60bb3c01f28996837ea4a3f17741ceea/tiruvodokiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flatadministration.com/uploades/fckeditorfile/71465132055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160901040ef11c---52218667248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31448557e1602deb70656816a20fbf4b/zojagolepuwibidorep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentish.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vipajibebilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/skastbpqmjh54sh62n77rcmcdd/40302497175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://batiment-tunisie.com/userfiles/file/42479935007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ao21jl4v28el6bncpke6u93i26/6418642748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7e6eee57c5---valopasefopuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporenotarypublic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3df64e8a1bfe10e741d8e4cfd6460c85/gikenizorupidewamezosorub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a54b505ed1d---3798393588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fnvksidvo84shok0l440ktt8j6/zibewizopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zlatartopalovic.rs//files/xuzilujevuwixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098911a39478---gazoruzenineruxoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zawayakw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160943f652b061---68250663980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asslar.de/downloads/rometiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maility.pl/_ADRESuserfiles/file/99768628497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=applied+partial+differential+equations+logan+pdf+freePDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00014222.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14222 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00015a39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15A39 10900 bytes
SHA-256: b74f657259fdee1bb410e25983b1895d82c6af7a8002604f07f35ad7c2bef310
font_02_sfnt_off0001730d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1730D 20940 bytes
SHA-256: 38cdf195455352848d7545474f73207b4d7f179f44a9a20d9791087f5a19c35a
font_03_sfnt_off0001aa52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1AA52 16084 bytes
SHA-256: 325c5f5cda05429ae92d15c23118ca1b8712e485108c584e1e30b0ff615913b7