Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 06517e7827130617…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-08-31 09:38:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: c3af82353ddeb1726818853fbeb032dc SHA-1: 7ebd03724a87ebb49224c75ef1a70d1d282b01b4 SHA-256: 06517e782713061705b8cfaf1edc9fa11837764bd7b9b681e0c56ef539cde324
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, designed to trick the user into downloading a secondary malicious PDF. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

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 https://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mcq+our+environment+class+10 PDF link annotation
    • http://bndweb.nl/upload/files/48821781477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srsheicha.com/uploadfile/file/30931921995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lussoleathertiles.com/test4/EDITOR/example/v2/userfiles/file/94771423276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wienbildarchiv.com/upload_files/files/90264743402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.notusweb.com.br/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/toforefujisenefevuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ugaoqp1rvmav7sguo15f1tdl1/gumasagemuvul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingtonkatsu.com/uploads/files/xuvokonuzukaxeviva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skogsformedling.se/bilder_umeny/File/lugogujoxebozopemawarula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adf1ea7e203---72504577275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koetec.com/home/~ptow/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wefirazejabiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3f962405fe---49277010603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poiskvod.ru/images/file/56173740065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sport-konyv.hu/userfiles/file/40626063394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160748ca6dde61---fegawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611f7c799f940---80684653648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hgb.se/filer/file/40855766305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphammonly.com/luutru/files/42098124425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbursa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607202f420bef---duxar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/48242124266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosvilar.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/98737097755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bitree.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kajizomimabixolomema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160872ec243bd2---zivorimijavibov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070a7ee54670---vuzimewuragawimuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xboxheerlen.nl/userfiles/file/15718624199.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_off0000dd27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD27 10868 bytes
SHA-256: 547695713f2886993bebf75d9df4489d3de04d0837d4d72fd86d689afe64936f
font_01_sfnt_off0000f662.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF662 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010e74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E74 18652 bytes
SHA-256: d019cca56030f2f697368a52bf1ed97284150b7e851c021f558c3fd51e7f50ed