Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d4e3ed0a3212d429…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.2 KB Created: 2021-07-06 08:02:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 6dcdcda3ed3c87b1ac7511145f042c2b SHA-1: 4a6142aa042bd21cc03dee27ac93ad08c0979ff8 SHA-256: d4e3ed0a3212d4290da3e0763c29deb7ec920d8f39e269082bec7cf7cda175e6
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file is identified as malicious by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier, with ClamAV also detecting it as a phishing trojan. The document contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of a visual download button further supports the lure to download a malicious payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://cometsecurity.in/admin/userfiles/file/lafonib.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://indacphuc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d28cd8384a4b69hjj3k6ejpr03/18148117506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travellightnepal.com/userfiles/file/wulekojubawajazetakope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abf11e6c9d5c46547281e713f9b9cb7d/fosatulimikiwuvet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pospatrans.cz/UserFiles/File/64250527577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturallabs.fr/userfiles/file/kurawarexizez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c47e901bcea---xadepit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://campingwithconvenience.com/files/files/72967448169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4c87c7c1f933e2a15940350a2d30670/ralozaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160739fc8b39be---68316821781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acryl-bg.com/userfiles/file/guvunatuxiwixadugab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spoanalyze.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20ee14c9da218f42e1f48ed1198b3025/jajurebanijaruroginosizov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607edc0832952---46502616088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a2a868fff0af0529b3e80ebf7502675/menujawuboximazeladofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19177eb7acac192b2eff81f3441c5330/sulejijexazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestforfishing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/742d1d6efbb69234c59af896494c30c0/77293021828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dd57237fdd---watajozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geredekombiservisi.com/userfiles/file/waxexebov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://activesolutionelectric.com/images/file/zokametatuzotegimosemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607545ae0e466---32850694881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacda.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2j2fptd3kqpj7jaav6lghaqhp7/45583918794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=wish+exercises+with+answers+pdfPDF 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_off0000b9e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB9E0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d1f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1F7 10732 bytes
SHA-256: 5c2e9a1a59a076fe76ae1b0cbfdffadbd16a55f0f89c6062d48ea093126805fe
font_02_sfnt_off0000eaa4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAA4 17028 bytes
SHA-256: ce4243f2c4069a9c60d4ee0e741b06edd03cf02a7c394a27a84e1b6427042a7a