Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c4c0bf481bd5b707…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.3 KB Created: 2021-09-21 17:22:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: d2d88eee6505b4fa85ee6e7b5e70cfc1 SHA-1: 2c0c5b6f9be56afbd9947914b1814173d021e907 SHA-256: c4c0bf481bd5b70759d0704654fb6c5582e75ee617930fc35006a5427136c0a9
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF containing a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised or disposable domains, indicating a likely phishing or malicious redirection campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, classifying it as a phishing trojan. No scripts were extracted, but the link farm pattern is a common tactic for distributing malware or leading users to phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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 http://risme.vn/files/52262007312.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146c97fea308---41538847975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paradisoseminatrici.it/userfiles/files/wixebeviv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarangroup1.com/contents/files/wupok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swx.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7f98a77a2b69f725262c33e5f51053d/sozoporujirexanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilghirlandaio.it/userfiles/files/guwufimab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chingchia.com/uploads/files/202109200945475986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rk8dvfc34maor8seu9k9hjleea/65141277025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baohohoanglong.com/userfiles/file/tazepezijuzuzijugolesaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glavis.biz/userfiles/file/fazuvokapebazali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pepinieres-soupe.com/userfiles/file/95133755281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.binghan.my/userfiles/file/95318563424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://impressivetravelvietnam.com/upload/files/xixukevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tk4ke9fi6ocv51h4093v3r1vcd/rofunedewojelululobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613edf08553bb---jobibeloladodatevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bishnutoursandtravels.in/userfiles/file/54608088605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cz-synergy.cz/data/file/37351225562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogallerani.it/userfiles/files/24361645244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://propertiesforrent.com/userfiles/file///wokikilazoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alfatreyd-mebel.ru/archive/images/file/37361957142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05852a616b77e87cce820a53745bd36d/10310033215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwiatmetal.pl/userfiles/file/53725181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jshanwoo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gomodatoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inmaabiladi.com/userfiles/files/48437403436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16149c75377627---36203886787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=lakhmir+singh+physics+class+9+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_off0000cd62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD62 17240 bytes
SHA-256: 7f52371a736fb484b6d99f21d3d5142a42ca31940f882d054f765905b3d1886f
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA4D 11048 bytes
SHA-256: b632d4615020e46276ae65ce6cc98d0215023e1d522bd9bbb4eecf87ef5d5d68
font_02_sfnt_off0001139c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1139C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1