Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c4437e721d78e72f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-09-19 06:07:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: a5cd2aa651a23b6bcce41e8dbf102e4f SHA-1: 397cfbdf24132b99a71e97d09abceb7b607fa653 SHA-256: c4437e721d78e72f7c13e10dbf5097c57d5be4f6db0a63debf1e45cf27b69c03
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, likely serving as a link farm to distribute further malicious content. The presence of external URIs and the ML classification strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://ladymamashop.com/uploads/files/202109181422515578.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://botaierpharm.com/upload/files/69112944292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ventisilva.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wukuzibovefaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vet-spb.com/userfiles/file/giboxejazivoninomos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rpaxis.net/userfiles/file/ziviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.syah.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a38a4fee3e4459cd1db454cd3602b07/64328528158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dialog-seversk.ru/jsplugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nififu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbancollab.com/userfiles/Proj_Name/files/korujajewesibunidasora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sicilyontable.it/userfiles/files/30288415250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dungcumaymoc.com/Images_upload/files/forodafonafuxexos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosmopolitanhotel.eu/uploads/wysiwyg/files/jibanakesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolemontagna.it/userfiles/files/gikowaloxawudubivus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emke.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99169018670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bmw-zona.ru/uploads/file/45885383162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bruceautoservice.com/files/file/68941461521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mlmrockstars.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40362462817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmore.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/39091690378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unleadedcoffee.cz/soubory/mutisomonavurixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/202b18f8d8f374b880dc548f873e4199/silamatalotaxudotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indiantalentjunction.com/milan/media/silevevanejirewijodapusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidarepavimentimarmogenovaealessandria.it/userfiles/files/zudaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161423b32c43fd---vafolezufiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domuran.pl/files/file/41277685522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=nfs+no+limits+apk+hackPDF 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_off0000d396.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD396 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ebad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBAD 10584 bytes
SHA-256: 2328538fa4480e4edd408d77dd55ff1a78851215e3ef2d82155ea077dfeceb49
font_02_sfnt_off0001039e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1039E 18680 bytes
SHA-256: fac307f58eb63426deb42b5630bdfb6fc7431997fc2fb47e33fc658b83df48b4