Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b4037438f91bcb35…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.4 KB Created: 2021-09-26 02:42:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 51095fe088d9d1e8e03b782c87189b63 SHA-1: 7e85b0bda7cdd7f6ce14fb1cf2aa58198e3a2e0c SHA-256: b4037438f91bcb35dcf86aeb6f6a38203dd2c4a7979adf863ba552b730d9cc60
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as a phishing lure due to its image-heavy nature and embedded clickable links. Multiple heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to various compromised websites and potentially malicious content. The presence of numerous external URIs, including one pointing to an IP address, strongly suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gta+san+andreas+cheat+menu+mod+free+download+for+pc PDF link annotation
    • https://patriciogaete.com/upload/file/32048927770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jsqnchem.com/upload/files/11660969232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsinteriordesigner.com/userfiles/files/zazewutotokigopivexepozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nabisori.com/userfiles/file/21982602607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614efeb2392f9---79345635575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614cab4464e6f---jofolometijipazixakowifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balbok.net/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74167086709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/zuzuneb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stavclearing.ru/upload/files/laripiletaxomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nghiepvu.udicmanpower.vn/uploads/news_file/dukokawibudizareniwifena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614ed8cd3f795---nojaxisiponimemu.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://ppsu.cz/files/file/puzururav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ordineveterinarireggioemilia.it/userfiles/files/tananu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tetrafluoro.com/upload/files/77857608492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.startbatteries.gr/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20070644405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stihoplet.by/upload/editor/files/3563958719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/45173500470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec8af5ad0f80c1d75de91369b7fc8b01/20232115428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pratham.one/file/jatilevuvitoxaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614882f798049---65640022830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cleanenergy.mn/uploads/files/dofemutizosupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15d0de86043f7453f5c9c0c452e6bd2d/vuxelomewete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americandeliorder.com/uploads/files/54146018203.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_off0000b1d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB1D1 14344 bytes
SHA-256: ef312ba948ee9ea12ea57b204b8ec4c3b94bf40110243120045839a96f829239
font_01_sfnt_off0000d5d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5D5 11016 bytes
SHA-256: 9191f35f9d78aefb2d38ddfe49a8928a63bb3ce90bd919363f9cf66d3507de40
font_02_sfnt_off0000ef63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF63 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1