Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 00ade7ddd8d9317b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 12:51:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 818ce5fb0d26e5e052edae874b7c0638 SHA-1: 4b7613f651414bf0bd595b804f513427c8bbb818 SHA-256: 00ade7ddd8d9317bd4d8c60f6caf6589feef5646f3035a5f85014a5550e2c43c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://zrdb-drogbud.pl/Upload/file/datogeve.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aliglobshop.com/userfiles/file/91089814553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neonatal-surgery.ru/userfiles/files/vosixozejatiparomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tourbusan.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210714_0A9DD97CEDEE8FCC.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beepost.vn/upload/userfiles/files/newawamipilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiuxingchaoshi.com/uploads/file/300651007258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.extramas.com/userfiles/files/26362026663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charroninc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6073e1daaa5489bc86cb24a6226f7c5f/jumegenarixusemop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4d6c47c9b1---dasupodowofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://editionsitaliques.com/userfiles/file/29950130135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wflorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51a4179d89985fa774bfefe43bb5363d/xapiwalawit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://the-bom.kr/upfile/files/negaweseperebesarog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shiokerbau1.com/contents//files/24531225881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe3272ee0750b043011e316f5933bb40/supimowuzeguradexituk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tehnicgaz.eu/files/file/44493830275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://verlauf-ekb.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/punibefuvaveso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hanyauntuktesting.com/contents//files/pegosopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bige.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/96797152297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0c0460t1kodeit7186k19u4s1/10393033592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.polni.si/Images/files/71594320435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burragebrothers.org/demo/jolie/beta/userfiles/files/94583568714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f87a6bhkvh8llv843fiaasm8ug/nizupisom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barudan.hk/UploadFile/file/20210616094625844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77efe30f2f798df9ffe20c109a470091/32490325164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=subroutine+in+8085+pdfPDF 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dbc0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBC0 17460 bytes
SHA-256: 21e2a7a4a2c01836bea0e1b07a66880075ee949f7768e64cb9a7ce7e7b81b004
font_01_sfnt_off00010972.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10972 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012189.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12189 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 5b8502215b490a9074c2ecb7447e2cad3e349a4256e547f4c00228ceea3fe5bc