Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e4502dbbca265d2c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

107.4 KB Created: 2021-08-26 11:42:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 4b4a462c31cfee3882f8b831aa17cef7 SHA-1: 2f7254db20e178e532777e86e614c8e63a6d319c SHA-256: e4502dbbca265d2cecf67d96609364f04b40ee9f9be748ff4fc0f06696ba0874
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The heuristic firings indicate a link farm designed to direct users to potentially malicious content, with one specific URL pointing to a PDF likely intended to exploit or phish. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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.
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=impaired+tissue+integrity+interventions PDF link annotation
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/grofvrsdb574o42mcgl67lvor2/70935643430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://royalwedding.jp/images/blog//file/42590867135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160774dff31cd8---80615845954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf1036e972---25030147119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarljarry.com/userfiles/file/68812743893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160717050522d0---gilimijonujunokud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ataru.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97823628018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariocigliano.com/userfiles/files/posofetidunimuwarema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca0eb8e83fc---jarozubaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rhodium.vn/uploads/news_file/fuzenewumixamegotefukod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubesquilacoma.com/uploads/files/zivufikonevaxuzim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fanti-fitness.pl/uploads/assets/file/24118469530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072d5648f03d---70420789038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okna-kurska.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/jokokixuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aduanaldelvalle.com/userfiles/file/jenet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ateliergermain.net/sites/default/files/file/87360387020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vcaou0urddnj8tbbin8a6qu1e7/67568262834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fishtech.org/uploads/userfiles/file/file/dojewopitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estigotours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfa08c16de208de2442f318cf49014fb/fixirakepifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thecreditcrisis.net/clients/73966/File/51541437456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f451c05bd7b---34667538275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc1d5a953ca---gevinanufa.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00014228.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14228 10920 bytes
SHA-256: 086f264ce682ea5aee24c7e9365fde159c1f1126309a936be6d5b466b4fe8e36
font_01_sfnt_off00015b43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15B43 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00017355.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17355 16828 bytes
SHA-256: 91b8a43fbdc050fe1d237dc8b639484cc96efa88f03b4265b9567183badd3fd6