Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c4bad3aea46d1621…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-07-15 22:43:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 03f039be85225dc63b098685d93d60d2 SHA-1: d2c9f70c5ad7d066ba3f72a1c6f86b9f7eff3986 SHA-256: c4bad3aea46d1621d1ac9619a0ddd374f429f0d3b3c9dfcf4d971917d1d91fe2
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by multiple heuristics and ClamAV, indicating it's designed to exploit users. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of embedded URLs and the ML classifier output strongly support its malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083e71ab0b85---19631347920.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://banphimchuot.com/userfiles/file/jinemepetaxozojodat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160725e778c6c9---48027728841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ob9l9q4rj0qbvp34l5mid9q3n/kadak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bik4lp92iu0c8j59stau80l4o6/pusuziverajujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadianrelocation.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0c39e185a---pavuluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607227b24dd1f---85004448803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuuhoatudong.com/upload/files/61808265670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namratalakhotia.com/userfiles/files/kerelotetawepuletizer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2ffaef2df7---69481340747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coss-wynn-reunion.com/clients/d/db/dbe3622004495b304d8703879a486b7d/File/mowomabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dbcasagayathottam.org/assets/uploads/cms_images/files/zamupilipixazegoxumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qbcar.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31286737231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b05c2b438ef---90320611256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://darienhigh69.com/clients/866565/File/25680890947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tokyoto.pl/UserFiles/file/66091890891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160735e34bfca1---vajuvulumefofexamogive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a26fe347eb6---55766996136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioagm.it/userfiles/files/zadazadenubenokukava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liveranigioielli.it/userfiles/files/30794423365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutricionintravenosa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6ff3c087a54ed38867524759ca7b8cb/vexukudefaxalizotir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=robert+bruce+mastering+astral+projectionPDF 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_off0000d8c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8C8 16712 bytes
SHA-256: 6ce21862046650f071fb69c3d9b9d8df7cffbc0576f77a1c9d0697220b7aa15d
font_01_sfnt_off00010395.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10395 11132 bytes
SHA-256: e00d2c996626299969d6312a8a71b406366546fdb17c930173b864553474ef30
font_02_sfnt_off00011d5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D5B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1