Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0475e87a26d159ec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 01:46:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 70589358e1a2d52c9a6ee1ad24618980 SHA-1: c1d0369420b8bd13bcf314ae6344179cd30bb55c SHA-256: 0475e87a26d159ecefc5de0285bd331ba27ce212ddd5f3f8908bcfe2c2d1579c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to external resources, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and linked URLs are indicative of a common phishing lure designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=in+the+mood+for+love+screenplay+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://home-hj.com/up_photo/file/59048013815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afca9e4971c---39086825070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0jbpv47ee88raff99i1btplbrm/97453502686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r710actahmr5504dbqc7akesai/buvazuxojerujevexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avgdesign.com/userfiles/file/15236411394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--939a66v0zjo3bcvdmrp.com/data/ckfinder/files/poxawobobebevulozuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asustainable.com/global/file/1906058804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c525da7d449---17690426066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscbolivia.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/ladajogosonoxaduni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kmclogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac10bee260ae1f1c21d6fca68366306a/65469923104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611de62256df8---14503891859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romengo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96556750413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pellevah.com/upload/files/kexolafexomijevoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stevis.cz/files/file/22512207789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://strechybenesov.cz/content/1394659829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://silky.ae/images/bulk_images/files/17224688613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.plsok.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49d1748efc9ea70c2e89bc7c05b16b12/jawativemal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poptheme.cn/uploadfile/files/20210816_162955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38aad053641b780662343bd9987213af/39275319040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bednidhitraders.com/userfiles/file/vigikagapofajuzuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/277bbffa8e07cc5a1a35ed71fdd68161/fapudowifakutewatatubowux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carraracucinecomponibilitrapani.it/userfiles/files/nilukowaxosefesarizog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dogalakustik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/zijonepusuvulepuworulumod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoretras.com/file/bibuwasadaxozawetabeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4p1h3tv8dl15vjjfh5ejbnec64/mijuzatefufit.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_off0000d60e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD60E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee20.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE20 17024 bytes
SHA-256: 5b3d295d8bda5ecf707763130cc9660bdb08802ef6eaba25fa4bc822c8d6ebb4
font_02_sfnt_off000119b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119B8 10924 bytes
SHA-256: 285e4a6fdaab429e259d6f3b2276bf38353046ff2bd6575c160e0345cb10fa15