Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d4896bfbbcb440ec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 10:13:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 0c9e837a55658e66d8ed42fecb9c88fe SHA-1: 43a4de45ca7dbee922e84cfd3800581e10cf0996 SHA-256: d4896bfbbcb440ecff171204655b1f39afefed635078018113fd9a0bf69ac399
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to external resources, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and linked URLs are indicative of a phishing lure designed to download a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://clinicaveterinariabilancino.it/userfiles/files/rakoxub.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/varufez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://decaiyun.com/upload/file/210702095942352422xhtty6ifyd94.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geerhannutpourreussir.be/docs/upload/files/10441556494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://texmet.pl/userimages/file/fonujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busankid.com/webfiles/board/file///44095310606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607feb25f12bb---nejejinuxufakegurikafuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89fc693f5526219579ccc8ba081da182/lekefumunupilaporajaned.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cd368a3fb8---jabuxotaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vet-arrighicolangelicristilli.eu/userfiles/files/74672774291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blueridgelightingandcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/baa2c62af4e69ad9421feed899de57cf/48739854684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c43e9e4e5bff7ac67d08ff2cd9dd04b1/43403710533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heracles-hotel.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ov4618e95kng4pef1mrbvum08/dofekixasarapunoluvala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mps-india.com/userfiles/files/85819126338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thepokewave.com/uploads/files/rokonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laser-piskovani.cz/democms/userfiles/file/fufodosodunenobafukufibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sikanderajam.com/Robinson/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jefivug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161270f00d8019---77299181829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://op-gold.com/ck_image//files/balibotegetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://personalloan2u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02cbd9e3cb6cfa78e7ce497f39010293/xakerar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiaviews.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bieqfcidch3kds310gthijapp0/gofid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16123917c68020---22251358820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sity-luxe.ru/userfiles/file/31711695036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suchanekstomatolog.pl/files/file/13693007316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=abigail+adams+last+act+of+defiance+close+reader+answersPDF 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_off00010ff1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FF1 11024 bytes
SHA-256: c4f2ea87cfe66bc15b751780b4ae01814700ccd6d70d4e628fe05a9b3967ec05
font_01_sfnt_off00012972.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12972 18976 bytes
SHA-256: 5879d2fb364ab909d28dcf8f6f0ce1783b91059a9ef1adbeb69b74adb3fff291
font_02_sfnt_off00015a09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15A09 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1