Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 00896ba08d529591…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-07-07 15:34:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: eb0ac002782830f321d268961df9ff65 SHA-1: c9d697b0ed9021b8650481c5bbec335d9090aa3b SHA-256: 00896ba08d529591a6cb8faac8577ea80ff25a1a639d650c3abf15d42d55fab3
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or further payloads. The presence of external URIs and a link farm indicates a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pg+diploma+in+electrical+engineering PDF link annotation
    • http://tuzvedo.hu/elemek/file/79554116581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0760bab16a---xixelefit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a722e78b3fe---2276090748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://senn1962reunion.com/clients/2/2f/2fc2c703930c5c120d54ce0350dd22c7/File/kejevepatetokeladifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homenet-spb.ru/userfiles/file/7709109312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariosantanna.eu/userfiles/files/koxipuzulomevivuloxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cgeminfos.ma/upload/file/65131298687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edelstar-mos.ru/files/xazozolajixaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airholic.com/UpFiles/WebEditorFiles/file/wafugidubovuvolidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekbdrive.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wolapedikeverulufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luathoanghuy.com/uploads/files/98996821558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocommercialedelpiano.it/userfiles/files/nezewulufudukarutinebenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swx.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/464c63e11ec1dc0d3e74666456c9981e/pezibadekokilofirisuloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8k3malssnreffb5l0dalfl5kip/7755154021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0ec704dc0c---25955825776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebrownsfamilyreunion2008.com/clients/81208/File/daxiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32f0b932283609bdfbad872430028210/20900866617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/3152064433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://copy2d.com/ftp/image/file/wugamije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b70c6d05204---63501413519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160779aee0ce89---40516954774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a50e8609e94---wotowafik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6c23b0eab2---dovuvaranimoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084fedfa6303---13307545575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mehreganimaging.ir/images/upload/files/53066087013.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_off0000e4dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4DD 10692 bytes
SHA-256: 90f286ba9d2ab50cb3d1c18fac541c58fc5a1a6a89154973ca198b4924ea9506
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd11.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD11 17952 bytes
SHA-256: 497a2698e553d03bc4fd2308b05add0caa11aff4c1bc7bba4d19c753c893e827
font_02_sfnt_off00012c7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C7A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1