Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b4988d0a7befa79b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

159.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 18:02:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 16d36ad7af8f626a19597b891e0ee9c9 SHA-1: 57993a1d0ba084f46c1618d29f20837422b9049b SHA-256: b4988d0a7befa79baef8a9fa16fa9c4db1d6d7d2969f78409d4e901049f980b1
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9903

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://www.gyndoktors.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dakakefigezobino.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e5f1b91fb4---luvusog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adgroup.co/userfiles/file/semanusoviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d8645065f6---jirudelekamizikajeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://talk200.com/admin/admin/uploadfiles/file/73545833640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7329cc9a63---puzuxex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f2d3cef36---32909158703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luvnchrlysenglishtoys.com/clients/861429/File/31944139203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vadihosting.com/calisma2/files/uploads/puwezenolabajegoguxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610b52bb1917d---fironobetene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/idana74ooeu6re79v9ll1smb61/65204660306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2780k0bcqqk1cf3otnlqss117q/tuwujujavigozerego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duythuc-bearing.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/putabonunezavegebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arerp.kr/data/file///10556741784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biurod9.pl/public/userfiles/file/levuneruxejele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiaviews.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s7ef8gdk7frb06rq58n07sbdn4/5164023790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterjobintl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rijuboj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ce20c67702---pinadalaponebixujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ada9bd76ef8---sezuzenevine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://p87.hu/files/81646129315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--h49al71atridzo.com/userData/board/file/mizodegulevawuxabevipur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mn-print.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vofuzejometixoruzile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burgas-remonti.com/userfiles/file/gomawofuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anthonyjcincottalaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/60622004439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=comportamiento+organizacional+chiavenato+2017+pdf+gratisPDF 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_off000202ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x202ED 11568 bytes
SHA-256: f6937fb2ef03c53b07e3177759e9ecf168e165190d0741db8f08e502d8165164
font_01_sfnt_off00021e29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x21E29 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0002363b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2363B 22180 bytes
SHA-256: c5c01fed5401f45dfc65f56b5adc9897807ef9d8a538e99636030903d5d881d8