Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b228f041ee0b23f4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-06-29 13:58:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b8f2ba433c3bb2a25f5f2a08d98f2ae2 SHA-1: 1e42819fc40cde1f7fbeb3e59af909064d340273 SHA-256: b228f041ee0b23f499f5aec6cd06e8e0e79ab459931f38c6d4f8e00153addcc1
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure, as indicated by numerous heuristic firings related to external URL links and compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The document's primary function appears to be directing users to potentially harmful external sites, likely as part of a spearphishing campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bed+bugs+bites+look+like+on+your+skin
    • https://ckmandarin.com/uploads/liluguramuxez.pdf
    • https://polskieplytki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3dd7fa41c0050d87467173f86da29eef/nepulisenorawujifo.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a09cf7e6750---78751652437.pdf
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec5e7ea3e59995c248ebfcb613eeea06/27365891652.pdf
    • http://group-anons.ru/userfiles/files/fozivibiwedix.pdf
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0fef4d45d10e733b6a67d61be15dd54/674997808.pdf
    • https://luminex.pl/upload/file/96411595512.pdf
    • http://architettorobertafasola.eu/userfiles/files/62377390194.pdf
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86ea96b56d764453821358cb7f5cdba8/69141564952.pdf
    • https://strechybenesov.cz/content/vebusikixosovemonugakewo.pdf
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9r31a7v0d7k2jqig4f9rhjnls0/rakagibemiribifaxaza.pdf
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d3b9f1b1c9c64774377e7bedecb0bbc/37844856002.pdf
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd5ddbcdff8---kufapuvovamexa.pdf
    • http://jtylek.pl/Upload/file/35696846860.pdf
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1a552c164c---91312489212.pdf
    • https://arerp.kr/data/file///85821354579.pdf
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c64aa6bdc62---95579055477.pdf
    • https://aspaeng.com/files/image/files/60420329966.pdf
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d35dabff05---numijebotife.pdf
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b6527a99ab7536a301fdf4a4a18d18c/75197299586.pdf
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b24ab291278---woripekukasabevut.pdf
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b93985146512c587e7180079e0a4308/jipiwinedepu.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f438.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF438 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010c4a.bin
84b0373e3c73b1e0604ffeb17c875e55e0eab7fd542cbb2ba8e59a44572ddc3b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C4A 17520 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013a41.bin
05d6c7b77721b20c8a054ee2096e0459c3cba36e6d57637ac27108e118b32895
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A41 10760 bytes