Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 07e42e94bf9e6b12…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 07:49:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: e4d072e6550898318a4df67f28a590f4 SHA-1: 2a708c8722fe7afe4deeda638a7be9e1ddca0be0 SHA-256: 07e42e94bf9e6b12cbc080478f883d3994ded2b5dc6c6af996e5bb50c6a9880d
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the linked domains suggest the PDF is designed to redirect users to malicious sites for further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=larson+meaning-based+translation+a+guide+to+cross-language+equivalence+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4262cad96c0d1d0f29e3fe4b34e990b/55665934779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budaors.varosom.hu/userfiles/files/banigupikovew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anaminfo.com/attachfile/file/romurodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hirurgija.me//files/60788073470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc05a1d11bb---21644628436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baba40728cc---nezerutagorurefewavimilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpinedelhi.com/userfiles/files/buvuwus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crescentcarpets.com/userfiles/file/34328448267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/fixep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yogaschoolofkerala.com/photos/editor/files/80027388727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vallejardin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c445e28e1ab0531fd19adc65d6ca47a/17634842280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muabannhagiare.net/images/uploads/files/42388337345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trenermichal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087d83505b8c---nejibaxajixibapusaxaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160960610316d8---37479855391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a002968b84---97198294716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161164aa892d05---lajadovedufuzota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peoplehelppeople.net/uploads/File/baxijonemozav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160768c496216c---saropavusatimomotiful.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1b9013575e8bcfad8cbfb22ecd86191/vutakewavufuvizogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atiksigorta.com/files/raruvewerodolupupotim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amd-export.com/site/upload/file/48309581387.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_off0000bb98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB98 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d3af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3AF 11404 bytes
SHA-256: fb2b32775e2bd3156a2163a789d9883c564e5a51606d0c6afec17e41493f55b3
font_02_sfnt_off0000ede2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDE2 15888 bytes
SHA-256: 8b532e24ee628ac62dd3e9088cc80d588e2adb681f3b0e4faffb5853285e51c3

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