Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d4586e12f2f2ab89…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 11:14:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 79bddae035fea999d08ad54f08d25c4d SHA-1: a83649a2806c2fe268aab94829c22f81005a709a SHA-256: d4586e12f2f2ab8915661f8085dcd033524922125363e195051c6c567099398a
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' and ML classification further supports malicious intent. The document body is heavily obfuscated, but the heuristics indicate a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 https://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=quickbooks+2017+pdf+repair+tool PDF link annotation
    • http://aroma-es.red/yamituki-n/uploads/files/voxeverotarilujajen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbabaajmdfbk3ddf3azka3b6a2r.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84478456704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lecourbe.dk/userfiles/file/sejite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelbellevuepalermo.com/userfiles/files/dinumowovapowavagakafufon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fresh-cherries.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gatorejemovomazawoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stegopackaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n5pcedj9s4rd5ci0jq0huhkltj/91236844759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a571335ce8---lunukuwisefuvipereseserel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maintogelonline.info/contents//files/76870435411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160925ef3ecdfe---48626470375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://majesticcaliberenglishlabradors.com/clients/a/a7/a77fae3751d16767b5fd1969bdae34dd/File/bopifovaxasiwogiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160ae37bf7e9b6---70096723200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paykaaluminiya.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11613088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160efedf79ef38---jugoguvubesojukon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gleneaglehoa.org/images/file/12256970078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbpartner.cz/userfiles/file/javebozazipig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611bf31462e47---fumukugetuzopabuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://officinedesign.it/userfiles/files/xudenoroxip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cylinder96.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47490581270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://954move.com/clients/4890/File/96787388808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barcelona-health.com/files/galeria/files/jajulobedukorubew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://texigo.tw/upfile/files/2021/07/13/robavojuwezifigafililonoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aeb1005a9db---vewojasoxoruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c3e0a9ec078b2b9d93057fb1585c174/82202968396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000da8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA8D 11244 bytes
SHA-256: 9c9de0a4d0d3a1cc17da9332f0b77e49e30670d738b1f427bd77dca51a42f275
font_01_sfnt_off0000f511.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF511 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010d23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D23 16992 bytes
SHA-256: e28b6579025394cc580d2d2f7ad296b3f41230fed12f4df4611878da7feebe7e