Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0f39ef53aa9540c7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-16 05:53:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 81ba58af7d9fcb8b5c16e2c1d6840164 SHA-1: ad02824012c334abd6e6ebaf7810f5ac24743226 SHA-256: 0f39ef53aa9540c783c5527262d64751d29e265d77642b6d7eeba562584ecdf5
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 WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. ClamAV detected this file as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan, and ML classification strongly suggests malicious intent. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the links point towards a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=movie+site+torrent+magnet PDF link annotation
    • http://herve-coiffure.ci/files/24964076051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jancsoalapitvany.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pivunokejek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turhantur.com/turhantur/files/7335413068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tradegateindia.com/userfiles/file/xoradupivumes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pumarecovery.com/userfiles/files/21296677185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telekommarketing.com/firme_data/files/44059798504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dautuck.com/uploads/userfiles/file/jakabexewoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taxfirma.com/userfiles/file/46329879885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drigungkagyurinchenpalbarling.org/upload/userfiles/files/41376840042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlaskvartir.ua/data/uploads/files/64908909653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maria-galland.ru/files/file/galusavopaxizadavakopun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geopraxis.it/userfiles/files/85209853943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isdoor.ru/uploads/files/99816346090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metabolitplus.ru/files/file/juwesevovonesez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zzwgjx.com/d/files/1203996576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://446888.top/userfiles/file/lepiregonumunonadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upasamed.org/Content/uploads/files/mitawuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f4430e9000---buronaxozefelopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamesandsons.ca/userfiles/file/rofagivuwun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vhfosqjcrj5qis849j79q0jv3n/14616454886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidarepavimentimarmogenovaealessandria.it/userfiles/files/63752413768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1amishc2fb.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72695187713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greatwalledmond.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7314791776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsrmvolontari.it/userfiles/files/vilozepixub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cada03b7e2---palezifejuramixon.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_off0000e463.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE463 10464 bytes
SHA-256: 7df5d66f51b2e4a2c6f286952cee662a07f92d52c520526ff13714bbce2570ae
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC36 17208 bytes
SHA-256: 8f7b92f8c50b794f075bd279cd66550311514dc3cc47ed64f5c8698df2cf93f8
font_02_sfnt_off000128ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128AB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1