Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d4a9a4896e9e0168…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 06:54:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: b7584275c71558eb94c66e15c9116a72 SHA-1: dff29107f7462007ce6b707105b4379034168e12 SHA-256: d4a9a4896e9e01686cd9a51b20492e05a5877e0544d10ea39bba902021e8a323
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. ClamAV detected this file as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan', and ML classification strongly suggests maliciousness. The primary attack pattern involves directing users to external URLs that likely host further malicious payloads or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9944

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bose+soundsport+free+manual+espa%C3%B1ol PDF link annotation
    • https://ascinfratech.com/clientprojects/trading/file/61705859511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giltmorestukko.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/febibulodavixopijuzufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bv7hd3sd8hkj1hc2tjrs0qlbr6/35876209626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eitmedu.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tulilomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--49s538bo8ux8c.net/userfiles/file/51528882703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20s2ceh8aqernafgueo8r5veou/44680896214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160792072299b0---nofugekuxeruwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f815fa2486e42152fb4a86101cb3fa5/63838926524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://air-ned.com/uploads/files/jutilogejadatujitagiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aexpress.lv/index/images/up/file/62911470721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce8e924142---bumijojezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f9578e5b1f---vazowijorobopedulirina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haniltm.kr/upfiles/editor/files/45095539672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiolegalezullo.eu/userfiles/files/mukejelevimusotife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/36957459907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b932206cfb9---kitixugudodidibagigiwal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d44ba1fac233d6b748b6dd553059a814/49782840021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbgnfinance.com/userfiles/file/nogosizepirepuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bostaninsaat.com/image/files/17488044330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i3krs2mjh7kk0qjbf6pspv47kc/48068887476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doanhnghiepvietnam.org/img_duhoc/files/5809365690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087c74435917---4575925091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdlpartnerss.com/userfiles/file/8986693182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riceart.ir/basefile/files/degopujoxirevar.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c001.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC001 22644 bytes
SHA-256: 0d7f359fbc612ea2834c2c6f5803609375d26f91ebea59e36e80071ee7552d37
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7C3 16208 bytes
SHA-256: d2de3c28bbf72132915eab0aa829c4d70e03f8d80d264e8f5d487c05dcd420d0
font_02_sfnt_off00010d94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D94 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off000125ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125AB 10924 bytes
SHA-256: 285ba550cf3c48b425cc47e04f8a43b74464b7339f7d9db128690c2447402fbb