Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c43469691a63e41b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 22:49:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: fb3dcde243b62e56746c842472d87eb1 SHA-1: 9a577a27e2756d1950750e8adbc581347bd67c97 SHA-256: c43469691a63e41b2e942dfdb0f171751da5848629de1cfa3ec26b7d26d5f724
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute further malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure points to a malicious document designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609eec7f1087a---biwozopemijawuveteveja.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7038548b84---zudedativid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pnlestari.com/visitbali/image/files/zixapugitiwodirivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebel-guitars.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae4ee14b8818386bb0901e7ad643d8d5/kalemumilorebos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dges.in/userfiles/file/57817438513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muachungbaohiem.com/uploads/userfiles/file/sisirobowugovamabuwutejub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/lixilozabefodub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokemom2.com/uploads/files/winogiwuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atthaya.com/file_media/file_image/file/nijabibuzituropijitagagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d242a8ba8179c38f397d3d17cf7c60b2/37024706808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dixietemporarystorage.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb04085d3f2450def175ce0297cc7d04/58497557293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://internationallanguagenavigators.com/media/pabuvon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekotronic.eu/files/file/78971392433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1ffce41292aa1b00610692fc2f8ea7b/71242744629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90aoj0agf7cq.xn--p1ai/uploads/files/bunawunufuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://personalloan2u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bba5ace083d90e2faee412bce070bb7/wabuzalafidekop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091d1d329b07---16512958956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amitadevnani.com/userfiles/file/tixuxoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parbatsamajjapan.com/img/files/files/bepitutasewopezezigekop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulassungsservice4you.de/bilder/file/kawimesozigagigapexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jonkmp.nl/img/cms/file/79906092579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ratchadatitan.com/UserFiles/File/84550443768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jenan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gonuzozoletaditisaweku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hanmarklight.com/UploadFile/files/mojupuxelilalabajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=parkinson+sintomas+y+signos+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_off0000b991.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB991 17308 bytes
SHA-256: b32050344c77fc36df9e2c783b6a4281b3a83bedb646d1c1928e1a153365cd98
font_01_sfnt_off0000e508.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE508 10868 bytes
SHA-256: 36b31209effac7b1fe66d20e4b71fe65b04c3ffff403ef0c0c52a9f4b6d807d4
font_02_sfnt_off0000fdf8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDF8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1