Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f4eed8b23e0bad2f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.0 KB Created: 2021-09-13 14:03:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 8c96e609f1d9b1598df8ba5c97189eae SHA-1: ddf637adecf244042584ae96187a9733abfc7e16 SHA-256: f4eed8b23e0bad2f7ac955e87d8316d8044ec1eb416acf4062559e3e1506a896
174 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains malformed streams indicative of exploit activity and a significant number of embedded URLs pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these links. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with a link farm used to redirect victims.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.5449

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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
  • 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://www.winsum.frl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54401774590.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://attlas.center/userfiles/file/21158901561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qnzar.com/files/77622763845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scea.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mafexunazivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613eb1250eaa1---vijiwaluvobixagesisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vetsnab32.ru/userfiles/file/togetelonutukimul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138ac4522103---mipupefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://larrysiegellaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/vobawodatuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onlinendttraining.net/files/52110006546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olivermilk.com/tctt/sites/aaa/file/20179769184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hc6999.com/userfiles/files/49089562042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medianet2000.net/amm_prod/image_news_popup/file/54032545184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f0abf94b70---zapemokosarumedura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanghvicranes.com/staging/media/9077679339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mbamantra.com/ci/userfiles/files/91567330629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carszana.com/image/upload/File/44677444559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.smartlandgroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/debedazimezopexenob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://exam11.menapoint.com/app/webroot/upload/files/57847189258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saktigroup.in/uploads/82191996909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intrigantka.ru/images/userfiles/file/gewidopalarekulabomule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uspeh-kursk.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4720656378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promptcorporate.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wepazumidepovixik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tieuhocsongphuong.hoaiduc.edu.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48596031107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=prepositions+that+start+with+rPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000d969.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD969 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f180.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF180 10392 bytes
SHA-256: 6ac4db3eca610f7c67595e43668fe342939cc8774541e5837edfa72bb7ee65f9
font_02_sfnt_off00010903.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10903 19080 bytes
SHA-256: f6fd1dbbf3f05e6c03e6e754e759434890cd9ea3c2198509e0600af7f99f4766