Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0801f59da0442ea9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 07:02:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 5609f5ba06b09213cb4cec9692bce8f7 SHA-1: e299e7d9bcb09b2fb8da5ddf5be2c69f97e0e7ac SHA-256: 0801f59da0442ea97911a4222e9f3a1d9b7f03dbc6125ce024a7106b72828168
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or redirection scheme. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with attempts to lure users to malicious content, likely via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://redigonda.it/userfiles/files/73907195457.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://luluscafeonline.com/uploads/files/gesapami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://superpart.com/files/ligepividivibudemogapadip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ffede9268f---50416990598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solucionesinmobiliariasavg.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14809378654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herningbadintra.dk/app/webroot/upload/files/29969856224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/778e16e37af32b9c32115bd7d1c7cdec/teraxaresewukelos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083e4624c9f5---20940020107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remont-elektro.eu/archiv/file/78091224280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divorcefinance.nl/uploads//file/84340100996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099e51a00cfc---finiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rufullthrottle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081a90d3d6f8---dotupef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progfin.pl/userfiles/file/gogedakuxebixepajotoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071405962db2---golegutiwupadenepaselitar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kashima.cc/userfiles/file/rumisagopiwuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32d53655623528abf1be840d3d7d5bd1/kefuvapimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://telechips.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kaxakufurinisasobabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aadhaarretail.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/15755794178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fototipia.hu/files/files/tuxoreve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.servicioscalibrados.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7cb381aae80451768589d05d3ffc147e/79726984457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailyliving.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gipodidopawagozur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgemfoco.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xeladijikidikumozela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.520amis.com/upload/files/wafudorekasepazopafepozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adasms.fr/userfiles/file/24905559625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=giardia+cdc+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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e368.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE368 9984 bytes
SHA-256: 00c6a8e5b022d44cb44563e1459a2aa9a778e56beea80a64d7832c620a27d2af
font_01_sfnt_off0000f991.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF991 18464 bytes
SHA-256: 5440d8f1e6e8fd703674523384fd80737df420e2642ac34ee2dfa9a468673d58
font_02_sfnt_off00012a48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A48 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1