Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 152a38770c8945be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 00:28:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: ea116e56f37bc0a13940ca95dfa0d66a SHA-1: 025992e027b9a9ab946a7fc3fbba3c0219ac2aa2 SHA-256: 152a38770c8945bea99c27aa4c811c4395f815b9d03ce5be21e2525de873f21b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a tactic to host and distribute further malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure strongly suggest this document is intended to trick users into downloading and executing additional payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607449bb2c662---jobifibaxexurumes.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://myucpb.net/userfiles/file/zekafotobif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ttlbp1t9t16sk0mava3e229071/79792170185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daedukgs.com/admin/fckeditor/data/file/20210811160346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j9ma6qinol19kad78ng9jog74g/merumutorok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecobox.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dvhv33410u818h3rbo3qt7vj4u/35644416002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608183ff8dca2---nababafotuxomamemuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f000cb434ce6790770c7e41e6d0d016/zapifurarikujemad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keralahappyjourney.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59225059490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06g72abalnjftmtaj5n8b46nuo/15882294950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgrappresentanze.eu/userfiles/files/zagebezeligew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lifetides.ca/cambridge/uploads/files/puvalininesifelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611d4972c9f60---46763607900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grahampropertytax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a5081447f6469b2b04a2667763fd4a6/8259752804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brucemaymemorialgolftournament.com/clients/d/d2/d245e0393a5bbb16d67b82808c007790/File/92599667700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keemunblacktea.cn/uploads/file/251353017836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/jofikedutavebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shopcloud.cloud/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98614435991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e3edu.vn/public/ckfinder/core/connector/php/connector.phppublic/uploadsfiles/fenovibeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szao-spb.ru/images/news/file/gizoxegevodinin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enjoyisagenix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/galurevadudajemipupomikaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160761b532f4ae---78510883009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/def7f764fc0f26b90b9efff459b54014/4868255813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=can+could+shall+should+will+would+exercises+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_off0000bf70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF70 16508 bytes
SHA-256: 640c951daa652587753da8489f0ca4a37bf67e3f9ea62d26f021c80b70df9432
font_01_sfnt_off0000e98b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE98B 10936 bytes
SHA-256: b1eb5ae8ecf901e3586cf50b2bd48860f0ea092d735f46b91af260df3f14e9b3
font_02_sfnt_off000102e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102E9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1