Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 00f1a184612eed78…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-09-07 19:50:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 57df3d7323dfe31e7367957ad0f25e4f SHA-1: c208edd2458f86a33cc3b178bfcd074da5d5ced3 SHA-256: 00f1a184612eed78e4a8a891d77d056278cd21a584a83aec955c42486624f66f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest this PDF is malicious, likely serving as a lure for phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the extensive use of external links is the primary attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=all+pronouns+list+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09797bd3lbspsa3e4os14ebr6p/67227493917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eastmanllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20482273894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mconqsitshiuihos4osrm7t4nq/xulowekexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidarepavimentimarmogenovaealessandria.it/userfiles/files/tewuwepid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kalirich.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4419tu0lg5m4ce8tn4n23o16h0/74055331983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubmaniacr.com/campannas/file/virewogunovijav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aydinservis.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/begufilafubivaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sns-russia.ru/userfiles/file/55951363288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fincasotilloviejo.es/files/sotillo/_repo/file/88293314903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad7309c2e6e2dd33e081b6565fbb55fb/pebowarilofite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sibmetiz.ru/upload_picture/kitutowirabar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/003cf6539104ca4b45f41dd3345a099e/39189093008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razdolle.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccissahc7v402uckgiss0ho976/65565555649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajk-opakowania.eu/upload/fck/file/51887563016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namuvaldymas.lt/userfiles/file/ziretebifobexobuvir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://economiadecomunion.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zokegexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://secohthailand.com/file_media/file_image/file/78193025221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd9017edf61---wopuxodakuxanagedujenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aed7b22afaf7542b00374c63f5255b81/luvojobulaxade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chnli.tw/CKEdit/upload/files/28192744532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc9e592cab7cb79265ed70d2840e0147/26906559199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3mnvhsrp9ieauajptklk6fot5/wexitun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae711f73d2e---4309465388.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_off0000ecb6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECB6 10280 bytes
SHA-256: 11a600fdc938d86c7741bd5db8d95f2a88da4acf305a2bd60d6acf16eb673d75
font_01_sfnt_off000103ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103ED 17560 bytes
SHA-256: af2a09fedd2fa13e90f3b280cadef8078c4494f32435c9eee5b57b91c1c7a931
font_02_sfnt_off00013160.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13160 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1