Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d4c220013b3f1d0e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 00:07:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 5d03f2c7943a75d186729239e9e6c795 SHA-1: 48e8f9613cf4351d068b131a921ba91035499d2a SHA-256: d4c220013b3f1d0e5a0badb3a63e179018393af23ff0b023c39c37762512c33c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting. These links form a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination, which is likely a malicious payload. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, consistent with phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b33ed34dd42---33568538384.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.elstar.ru/uploads/files/dumoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moestuinwebshop.nl/userfiles/file/mozaxakuwujabamebewabebap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barcelonahotel.vn/UpLoadFile/file/2603303656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnianemarzenie.pl/userfiles/file/mozifumawod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rockpapersun.com/upload_mce_image/file/goduxujit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://usssecuritate.ro/userfiles/file/59182488726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastendmediation.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/87558242177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e360c6908fe1b6a8bbd6bde95f995ce/44731491379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cck-brno.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65052177734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opakowania-loga.pl/zdjecia/fotki/file/kirogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olympiad-bigben.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mekimakevomemagopalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd6540d4abad85db2bd7dc13e1971782/bunupumalekixudipifag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58tropva576o9sui9mm2q91qui/xedejuzelabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1a927fa0dc7231242c51b51f7d31de9/3021151317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acupunctuuryao.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tojedanuroxilakapujiropi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investainternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088b63e482dd---21959958936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goref.ru/files/file/zemibizobosolidanamupaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8a974f2d45---11749050755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapawan15.com/shop/fck_file/file/mivofuwaredokutudavagixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ipsjh39cjppmjq81q6e004fqm/bodapibukef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://developmentassociationofnagaland.org/nbloom/fckuploads/file/lufanudujapebuvigopune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c002552bd63---femadafupasalarulusujaked.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=apical+ischemia+definitionPDF 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_off0000e394.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE394 17640 bytes
SHA-256: 56a3cfaf53d06e0be322f94b48a7921a509a3f5c9b2e33f75812634131028ec1
font_01_sfnt_off00011102.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11102 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012919.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12919 10764 bytes
SHA-256: 297682707b97f9e65aeeea9098a64e430d224e6d1aa2347caa82543b626115b4