Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 04325abd28353b78…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.7 KB Created: 2021-09-04 18:30:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: aaa17d89deb317fc5a365db807107692 SHA-1: bbc7e1eade15180708bbbc4fc48a557cab9f5d00 SHA-256: 04325abd28353b786550c5a6f377a9e6004553acc898b1d822413fb2f29e3c2e
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress uploads or disposable domains, indicating a likely phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of external URIs and link farms suggests the document is designed to redirect the user to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=historia+universal+freak+1+pdf+gratis PDF link annotation
    • https://postele-z-masivu.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jumuvalazigobegol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610304beeafbb---bezurejavikifonid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/397e946813c06f0b577572cd5eb54949/43636494611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fibra-optica.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16738092933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebankcardservices.com/uploads/files/31423515922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospitals.org/FCKeditor/file/siligipuletomab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077d95e158f6---bejasegipip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elvirajogsi.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sebakanupobotavenupegiwiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bochosushi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e78a28207c---dadug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leakefamilyreunion.com/clients/63964/File/wivuvupejojakesetugaguxar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://umffz21.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87306313785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aec0b92602f---mofigozinani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a1fcac683792875f98c0659d1a616c0/tumatadifoxupuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjsgreatescape.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/38339822570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59hj23bo8iph8c8srfd5phtju0/45146163563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e736b6fa33---50809854636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161080cfcd7a07---kenonuxatowurepokevemoker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d1b3dc135b---71440271154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pristineleather.com/userfiles/file/57809331388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabaizhongxue.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-16/20210516003321156197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sm.ac.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55792715267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebankcardservices.com/uploads/files/rozovas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5146868469681c150852b9ceaa164461/xudemeximas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centroolosprato.it/userfiles/files/garobonitide.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_off0000ca20.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA20 10976 bytes
SHA-256: a63f951040833a34efea6d615e2d418bcb34b549d334058fe896b202a8fe6358
font_01_sfnt_off0000e392.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE392 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fba4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBA4 19068 bytes
SHA-256: db8bfb43f7d4a2e9a4200856108da4fd33d93872f5065e5b33ad74304349897e