Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 07e0bc5684f4d91c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.2 KB Created: 2021-07-13 22:14:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: ba1ffecc051aa7d6f37059aa0a2e73ca SHA-1: e67b3c0f390c148b507ab57acde34f6507e5528c SHA-256: 07e0bc5684f4d91c096ee22bb27f7a50b7ea089aa5ae25e46fcf63fae4fa5d0d
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings point towards exploitation or redirection to malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

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://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08ee2eb53ad9df5174990b02e29e679e/92310143790.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e6df820932---sekadarisesejuvib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.schroedersales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08303a974de88eea9fc1d3de769f8c28/falefezuputipawiboderasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a992ef1a279---12936736929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/fawedisinofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://business-plan-capalpha.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/90291682509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexhofford.com/temp/files/file/juvakopuruvexen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da875db61b4cde44acd16344ba1b4577/46120045517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdbailbonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a612f066913070a136dbe131aa5d231c/33192946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a6573914a74d8a9f34ddb6b58afe5e7/padubiwisaneroxofuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pilonidalsinus.gen.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d4112e588b---24791580296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bobiniauto.com/userfiles/file/zelabejubopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3c8ea6e13a---xoboxerix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menu2uplus.com/images/file/fiwonesegotipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamasia.net/upload/files/95434664189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hf14ma2s5294fa6o6ocnrddvv7/xogaviwigeginuburogiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/28475342918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcb500b3849---salanegakigurupaduxev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imagebeaute.fr/userfiles/file/6401062780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weeb.nu/userfiles/file/wudul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cmrgol9p0s7vvenn8nk3mtlsm8/limabogiwizuzefimasen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c455778d164649936ab7f6029b4ea608/53288522492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gadkowski.pl/repository/filemanager/file/79610756464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alexandrapanayotou.com/web/images/static/file/lupunewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+convert+outlook+message+to+pdfPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e757.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE757 11204 bytes
SHA-256: 6af17c7b8a90e847f0129b5fde7ae8dc78b59851e040b1a8e9e3b86608b53a3e
font_01_sfnt_off0001016b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1016B 17640 bytes
SHA-256: 723d691a161337cd23fb3f09ca385563e970222a3dcb6f6a93b48f4db5d4e799
font_02_sfnt_off00012ffd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FFD 16064 bytes
SHA-256: a013ce2342554bbd70a9f85285a6053b67e9b25eaba0dd22223cc179b1b1ea16
font_03_sfnt_off00014511.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14511 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1