Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1511e950022ebfa0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-13 20:16:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: cbea543a8b5dc33739273fcc5aa3b98b SHA-1: 7f1f273cf4fd408dad65e421ef0b4e1fff78c442 SHA-256: 1511e950022ebfa05760baa3aafccb1943e8bfe16b1fe3ef5f45f9fbffed8d4d
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a likely attempt to direct users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, consistent with phishing or malware distribution campaigns. No scripts were extracted, but the link farm structure is a common tactic for initial access.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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://longarmquiltacademy.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/defemegigevines.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gzafjc.com/uploadfile/files/57871293219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g8om0q5i8pug71ja8dh1rr8s73/dubom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youzedu.com/ckimages/files/20210905111207654260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amursvoidom.ru/media/files/dolideluvomeviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ks-klinika.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/937831711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.firengo.com/userfiles/files/sabagedekadow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giga-tronics.com/userfiles/files/68451311833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161329b8a0c38c---rivejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlapcongtykiengiang.com/upload/ck/files/29702843349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://remoteyourstaff.com/calisma2/files/uploads/14577875286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bankubezpieczen.pl/userfiles/file/togawupujuwajul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saatyapi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/53619751456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newo.ru/files/files/kotugaguxazivuxuvugus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicodavico.eu/userfiles/files/19082388638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rezidencianestor.sk/app/webroot/files/ckeditor/files/rokilamoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smflow.in/admin/uploads/file/37040843695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wsbe17hongkong.hk/_bin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fabupovafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shopexpert.com/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/mazogipamerotukawigajuzew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rosniyom.com/userfiles/files/73846901250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://badrivishal.com/media/58641492811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tanphatinst.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/notebevajaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elemonbg.com/Files/File/67974619802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phamtrangia.com/upload/files/fevumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eurochen.com/UpFiles/WebEditorFiles/file/20336665051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oe36he15d14v1gjditdnics2nc/94917293666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interreg-ipa-husrb.com/downloads/nonawabipubizilepanos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unaizahic.com/Files/files/pamolidonefulefaguxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+reference+your+own+imagePDF 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_off0000e187.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE187 10756 bytes
SHA-256: ebd9005b651fe6ee399b29d966d4d55db6bd60669f7b61ef7b48f4854eeac578
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA50 17960 bytes
SHA-256: e1d6e34a7e048987fb89296351fc718e1d782c27dc43990a781dd3c85ee5ff11
font_02_sfnt_off000128a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128A2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1