Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b4624cb1197a9d33…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.4 KB Created: 2021-09-08 20:53:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 1afaa9a0b869ae876c0e17072685b4d7 SHA-1: 11d5222162d0ab6a827825b22d906a1b9763f95e SHA-256: b4624cb1197a9d33ef42129b8a32c5a1efd5ce8a593cf5cb8b880a83c0f7427b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure. It contains numerous links to external PDFs hosted on compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings indicate it's designed to exploit user trust by masquerading as legitimate content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://alcoquimicos.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/regeser.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aptekarynek.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/pedibuxilatarokodutisowuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bunexim.dascalita.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/34479037263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perevodvnegiloifond.ru/pict/file/manigegesixiripafavasubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lsneotek.com/ckupload/files/12883826979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sallytour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210908_26ACF4F384AA65B3.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bilegt.mn/userfiles/files/34331611016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cihangirhotel.com/upload/ckfinder/files/40882024124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cfc72997bd8d7016d7754b5f78bfbc3/gofuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exteractif.fr/pictures/2/86799385805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smenergy.kr/uploaded/file/918939007613321cdea2b2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ogledalata.bg/uploads/pages/files/bavimesuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jinsonmetal.com/Upload/file/suxojijeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retailcop.ca/files/3828446094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airzo.net/userData/board/file/36895896101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elisa5888.com/shopadmin/upload/files/zejimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariovianello.eu/userfiles/files/5260677852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161323a85def9d---fodajegutexok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.domaine-boussard-chablis.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52429021891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakkestadbil.no/userfiles/file/46467921581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161369ec8e7862---vaxipebebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://educasters.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/perugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hk-keber.de/images/file/xorav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://datxeninhbinh.com/data/dulieu/files/5762933067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icltindia.in/userfiles/file/31053509400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=organic+synthesis+research+paper+pdfPDF 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_off000117e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117E3 17996 bytes
SHA-256: ce8f86b8a8f13db64ce0ba1e9025c6c284a7e146697c417b79e50c63c2205a9c
font_01_sfnt_off00014665.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14665 10872 bytes
SHA-256: 76b2819738e066883fb8920e769c22d711dcdc94f84cf7f5611c0f1290ab63e5
font_02_sfnt_off00015f5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15F5D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1