Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 07ac9504fbde2d33…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.3 KB Created: 2021-07-29 18:59:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 9c48e36ed958257ac9f42221f145f6a0 SHA-1: dd3abb4de046a5f748c96f42641847578746a4e1 SHA-256: 07ac9504fbde2d336bdcbeda09ff77a000ad6f50d12e98f23f9838ebe6e59152
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the embedded links and the PDF structure align with techniques used to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

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://analogsys.com/uploaded/file/17948899960cad83424a14.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://daleplumbinginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23fd8f08c943166e201ebe77a5903d94/dogode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/60846544316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sahamit.net/userfiles/file/lenopojofiporujexemovupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pogotowienaukowe.com/Upload/file/liziwajikuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parquesanalbertohurtado.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62037478817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akpanlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/vowokidomiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oversaslogistica.it/file/8880911527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bloomx.com/sites/all/sites/bloomx.com/files/kesavuzovaniniwokitab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609db193410da---wekunigubivekamesowuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7b64377011---2397612658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8b48eb2ecb---gutinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://commissioncollectionlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/58715208194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lindendirect.com/tempimg/file/40284686881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac92c20b078---nojisisenovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uipllpf9q7gjmd3hmaf0hofin7/zutin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c35c111fd280c276b9de0b67a814cc3/61518055904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariosantanna.eu/userfiles/files/tujop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hvr1liqkoviffaag2g4bj2d701/vanaladetuzafuzejiwuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f9b34534321---voroxebotuxagovosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46c470dcbc02c95020eec1f3a870af13/pufajav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096b9e26b4f0---20391468145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akapacha.com/userfiles/file/90279189286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=fall+live+wallpaper+for+android+phonePDF 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_off00010b17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B17 10460 bytes
SHA-256: 49dfc088c86d83e19372235ea806d83ad4b45a2929a21e5a98557d8bb2bac8b6
font_01_sfnt_off000122b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122B9 17500 bytes
SHA-256: a6e6b28505860f791b8e0b6c4f4f02dd7a7c00cd5a0e7d9b7da02e3c2e3d60a6
font_02_sfnt_off0001505d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1505D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1