Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e4715be5ae843cd7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.6 KB Created: 2021-08-27 23:10:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: e085353ff73f7e6ae63650db3682c6a6 SHA-1: fd5dc2a6e3d5d2d436c69563874a1e9b0e148659 SHA-256: e4715be5ae843cd718141e0fda20fef56b6598fc83c0dd2d5361e63e2a0fc14f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=alight+motion+pro+cara+download PDF link annotation
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2ef0a47702---49266946267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teresachild.com/upload/files/jebuladazederapeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fffbfa3d3a655b8ddd1377c18ac63c4/debokivedumovos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160832433c85fe---pefusodujefixadir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5d0f17eef32ef9c32e073dc7db5e1fc/pubepuburenufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimhoatra.vn/upload/fckimagesfile/pitiligaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bab2bb1ff39---linoxoxafaboxidad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2d5d16824db23217d40f7ab904e10a2/wamoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qsh6rudrqdug24du1jnju1pskq/128301567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://n2nlah.org/UserFiles/file/kegufexirebarikexevul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinarioassociatopacinidallatorre.eu/userfiles/files/nujoxizolojomaxebav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kowel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1630071883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluebiz.kr/userData/board/file/42698761453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peterdegendt.be/file/wedozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jonkmp.nl/img/cms/file/21519896088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d06ba85002bccdd44f4511e2dad6760f/62100007922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sasalidayanisma.org/uploads/file/niwarimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asckhn.com/acskhn/userfiles/file/88413971042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c4e81a3868---vebupid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kammerpop.de/files/file/gurogobumarokisozamimalug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://optical-axis.com/uploads/files/202108152115454835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amon-syotengai.com/userfiles/file/soxusisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nickelsgrafikdesign.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74332979283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dalnoboy.org/data/filestorage/upload/files/vezezafuvadokovegufepuwo.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_off0000be3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE3F 10728 bytes
SHA-256: 5b8540f37486e0e97246181a4e19e9d8e85eda7c54776c1c67f1ac77b23eed96
font_01_sfnt_off0000d67f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD67F 16160 bytes
SHA-256: 02e64dd13673e985e499bd67f9a8ee7f6febf952497211eeb08c75be90464afd
font_02_sfnt_off0001000f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1000F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1