Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e403032b40bb1d8c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 17:46:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 0b462349ee27a0b2167e5236437e3be9 SHA-1: 1aada7c9c18b4581930f3c41f8c922a15cca715b SHA-256: e403032b40bb1d8c2f9a1892360bde73385b3642a1fad5e1ddb4cee44824f4ca
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file exhibits characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure. It contains numerous links, many of which point to external resources, including compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to download further malicious payloads or engage in phishing activities. The document body is heavily obfuscated and does not provide direct textual clues, but the heuristic firings are sufficient to infer the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://malifer.hu/upload/file/43314025359.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aymfly.com/aym_image/files/89982472039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://140.121.161.111/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32568188162.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://seoulgreeter.com/userData/board/file/nizojunuvopufuvipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a147a633425---dudiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2440027.ru/upload/file/ganonurigufoxenonisajejiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://epiphanych.com/images/file/50670442742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariocigliano.com/userfiles/files/14759067871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086216ee00ee---3487473551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bebeeb61071---duzadanesufutomalesuxijow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc2337da70e244b1b5135ffb6180808d/sifoselusosuxojorikizejom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c166eec21ce8678008c0ae8be90956c/80999986479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/luvirajusopeditalejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cf0c7e69137af8e8ccf96ebdf387a5e/3066905059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atiksigorta.com/files/detuwutikuwexodedodujik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo-bahia-real-estate.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95579050250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charolais-hessen.de/write/userfiles/file/kesetaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonwering-belgie.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44748644825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akamercedes.com/images/uploads/files/70297699237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipnjl.com/userfiles/files/40238832532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b33f4cc9f436ccec04cc1c9fddb114ba/lowebotovajito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fbfbc16de6---wukikepegixod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=dsm+6.2+manual+downloadPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c2ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC2EF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000db06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB06 10528 bytes
SHA-256: f10848f3ad1a7011b15d1161d2029a87c4c2378a5dd450a675938a6f2fa84824
font_02_sfnt_off0000f313.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF313 16148 bytes
SHA-256: b17e3c388ca520c70044df51a505a8c8de3d1ca9b2e495c629779bc8d31aca59
font_03_sfnt_off0001089e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1089E 22272 bytes
SHA-256: 2d0d615887feac7c9dcde7c9564760877fe1890134b220fc82b2d746a4be4480