Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c648423372de6da5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.4 KB Created: 2021-06-28 04:19:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4926bf007a6bdf321fcaf8a11cb73a7a SHA-1: b7ab48a21c758d53c74951b261f3958d958993bb SHA-256: c648423372de6da53f154d99c299311690b85242fb84d7e8ab761b0a21c2abdb
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of numerous URLs, including algorithmically generated ones and those on compromised CMS uploads, points towards a phishing lure designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9886

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=list+of+semantic+tags+in+html
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1ed2e767c9---nepeka.pdf
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071e90c6ad22---xegijakogez.pdf
    • http://top1np.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nemefabaxesezax.pdf
    • https://b2cexpressdemo.com/userfiles/file/95369209181.pdf
    • http://albatrossmrn.com/konadnew/userfiles/file/waxeruga.pdf
    • http://ipmarketing.net/userfiles/file/70033549197.pdf
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcd2d4135e6---39157949255.pdf
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bmg1189c4cktb9aqjpibp94glg/11832388477.pdf
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a90ea1da6fc---majoxu.pdf
    • http://cck-brno.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kuwomanizidusajori.pdf
    • http://extracam.es/app/webroot/arxius/file/958899167.pdf
    • http://mattstergamer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96f5lhg4t3rkirh9odd8cubh4k/kosabavekukexojadit.pdf
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160768b081aa8c---fivenuduwowajukakika.pdf
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28aa8e8027c40388d73aefea3f63e324/jomodaxidufosawopabazovip.pdf
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c99d17a25be---loviri.pdf
    • http://drairtools.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19263744080.pdf
    • https://glowskincare.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99e02b612f11284e664717ade48d8ee0/4835316551.pdf
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d80a3730af---vibuwa.pdf
    • http://matstravel.ru/userfiles/file/xovalozewezosi.pdf
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086cb9532648---43595233160.pdf
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160973648256cb---76313546993.pdf
    • https://tahitotfaluovodak.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94956317348.pdf
    • https://childrencareandliteracysociety.org/userfiles/files/42542976668.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000108c0.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108C0 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000120d7.bin
3b8334e96c51e8a6185ee2e9995b7d9bf94efd08b41423180888c85a3b2e83c9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120D7 10640 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013901.bin
6cd189db47201c7497f969c695f6e42ed7c7eef25b1fed3dadbe115cdd5ff82e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13901 17068 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off000151c2.bin
7be1a1dd05f2ec903da5c74dd576ba2ad1d19e12d81be88cfd99127a4346ce18
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x151C2 19060 bytes