Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d4b69959941792bf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.9 KB Created: 2021-07-02 23:43:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 8149472111ea7fe9b2a1f4d0e9225be0 SHA-1: c89c986a2976d8109cb422ff1e5ea7f9cc78f99f SHA-256: d4b69959941792bf44e9ba65fc4308c1ba1ea08f57e810b7233de1e6720af48c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature. No scripts were extracted, but the structure suggests it's intended to redirect users to potentially harmful URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9765

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=chart+that+compares+acids+and+bases PDF link annotation
    • http://haiqi-machine.com/d/files/zobadoxogiwunomufubajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c950eb4b1f6---46585643173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuha.be/_files/file/lesizafilenaxozuleso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olivierdaulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87269424529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9351a64e891f49f261516c0662c1ac81/ribanurunimoxate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyknightwaite.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60710500285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2ea9a195a9---35385970134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/6147307882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckstone.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a2a375f5af1e97fbf44de7cde700c59/finejezag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afe7fb11889---xazutorisatodetip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medprobr.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee000a0e8acae8ee7561232afaba7055/34998339655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acornschoolcharleston.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/372e7485166bd3395a18fd32af03ae32/94227972829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kb1ee2ftc9cr6gf4umn6ce4kr4/42549684641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bronia.org/userfiles/file/3105957713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c94eb4e625e---99761118149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saamfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5653fcacc9604168a3f54f80016ea9e6/28718436360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajur.rest/uploads/userfiles/file/75681941412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangprice.com/bangprice.com/beta/cms_image/file/86960281265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.apsetedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bc169e21a1---remowazizajafupojofujogil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ebe979cda0297eafb725112fb946829/22417592435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6998999930---51535883237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/atgf36aqfncek2gl8f55g8tfut/60203574844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2858fbe388---dukugamabobuduvemeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b84ad22262f832a4b0771ac89b33bc0/muxofumazevukul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petrovsky14.ru/docs/files/36982032799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gptools.net/userfiles/file/buwutibadobitiw.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_off0000eb5c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB5C 16688 bytes
SHA-256: 588905013d517f4448c6734456c8b6ae54f9fd8fa4c12199ccd9474d9b39cdbc
font_01_sfnt_off000116d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116D8 16252 bytes
SHA-256: bfc7ce51a1a9b37382af61f0075eb0cdb972126da031002d338643432d80e6e4
font_02_sfnt_off00012cb8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CB8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off000144cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x144CF 10904 bytes
SHA-256: 71b59f45013cad6b80506c799b0ae1ac855adadf66a4d2e805f7b1b10bbb6c43