Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b459035d65ce37f2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.0 KB Created: 2021-07-15 10:00:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 360d9a1c1362d9cfe62ac60d3678e0d5 SHA-1: 05e5d867a06cf49f27864f0e3228a299a9ad0a2b SHA-256: b459035d65ce37f2a8a9abd543a4fc7191fe90cbfbb7b4627d906ad08e61241f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, primarily through its extensive use of links pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is weaponized for redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://evohome.pl/userfiles/file/70220524835.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.saltriot.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ad8f5fba70946cc89150b90647f8bf3/bitoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ef1bc490d1---dotutelaxulubog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agenziaimmobiliarecannavo.eu/userfiles/files/gunogimabefuzug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fisheaglesafaris.net/pics/user/file/43380068645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wodepcb.cn/uploadfiles/files/28451088285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lacasedescaraibes.fr/file/47108624822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dientrotiendathc.com/media/ftp/file/37067140548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/esgdup6tq08tfdrj3u2eji4sf0/57044871449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f6ec90936e---70576112371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cibaospalaser.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2lcr7j9rh0he80ksvjhfmhl1jk/rogoladed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/smfbq94eko9i8a25rehn8tkb01/94496862611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d3vb8me9qf7hu1crhi98879v5/dibunebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zbraneklapka.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sukub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etonbio.com/newsLetters/images/file/zanejitixome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1606ee3d420e61---84486773653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lauricedale.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8e12bbc84---tokivikakoxutafik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fca1629df59656660e711695d040beb/gamuzidimalubuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092db8bbb6e7---76440927484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kstarsmall.net/userfiles/file///45734218984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vom-ragnaroek.de/uploads/file/likijanalevibawure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eb22992f79---42667453792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070adfee75a4---73160578960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=how+old+can+a+dog+go+into+heatPDF 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_off0001078d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1078D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011fa4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FA4 10456 bytes
SHA-256: b2f9ad9fe8d0d9e1fd115bc67fe6e033774e71c9905ec67aa5e572fe3154b0a8
font_02_sfnt_off00013711.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13711 16824 bytes
SHA-256: 3cbe1fef14d0dffb4bafba29e57fc558c8c6b3dea6444e19cf6cca80aefeebd8