Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b4c2c889bb76bb5b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-09-09 18:01:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 21381ff6472d8c92544bb0e0fd0374c5 SHA-1: 95f526af22a8a1538ca6c4f959266727591786c1 SHA-256: b4c2c889bb76bb5bf282a78ab20c775aac6abf9195aebe74fe0d863cd2f5e649
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of external URIs and a PDF link to an algorithmically-generated URL indicates a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gabriel%27s+inferno+part+1+full+movie+online+free PDF link annotation
    • https://ecoquimica.cl/dinamicos/uploads/file/bebifori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trompis-tondschungel.de/userfiles/file/wipidadijiziz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vanvoorst.info/uploaded/file/lalip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmeasar.com/mmeasarfiles/file/83717966772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://textmakareknutsson.se/upload/image/vimasisufugoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strojsteel.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93902631394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czpohledavky.cz/userfiles/files/69027854692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anindecor.pl/files/file/fimaxutawamaretukojojowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abarappresentanze.it/userfiles/files/24336263727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhihepvb.com/upload/ckimg/files/202109092014281533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vu19gri537n7s0846bbd2h22u4/50412229148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karthikeyanjayaram.com/userfiles/file/dikixer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pkv176ptkin95aodj73e9o0qo9/betogejajaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161378ebb9e2b8---82567397502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinturasoltra.com/images/slider/files/17363634328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanglong.vn-greenenergy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31507388076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137e5a528849---nipazovumizuxalekori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://superiorservicesandsolutionsfl.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/remigemiligakoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ea800e5840---naguwudedabewapuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruxthai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vitinimowajowesatezorami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pelicanfinancialnetwork.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97532279810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kgip08jgm0pduarelk3n9e8bcr/ligadineripilodimevog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139f87f239b6---lukokatetubaronakir.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_off0000d648.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD648 10952 bytes
SHA-256: 9578c508e49b9d769e34ac0ad24b4d6b4e4790797aae9ec51c6caf9e302a74c2
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef90.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF90 17272 bytes
SHA-256: 678a868c69462729ca54bd91553e9b04e30dcad9c0a13c9b5aaf9461218b50b1
font_02_sfnt_off00011bb8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BB8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1