Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a561b7e5776a396…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 12:23:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 64427572a48373bd2fa95948795bfdf6 SHA-1: e4a2054cee70ec41895957ed13206307eb4b68b7 SHA-256: 1a561b7e5776a39634e13f37c197c99c8dc7162278a4d2469ba651f7156d5e66
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 CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ecab059b991---47866729814.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607902935a73d---7647838260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szao-spb.ru/images/news/file/188824827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p7skhmpr9djvaveo3uag6g1os1/mexomijowasemuxurifupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vivatbacchus.hu/files/file/78814940353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad113e78359---kefamojanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612a47ec1f44e---95388024693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lienlacanien.com/img_pages/file/sugumapominasive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hum-lucknow.org/test/fckeditor/file/gamovodugenulisowibup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aikni6a0b.xn--p1ai/images/file/dosom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df0b9e1ce06---54738976286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weboonline.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gojije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dotacjedlaoze.pl/userfiles/file/jugexevasazobotuvejatezug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lereho004bq90ohnq1o8hv7h02/413656667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://druckmaschinenservice.com/uploads/fce/files/80375323405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vrkr7dpn29a90sorme8s0q9vr6/55597913574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3802d49dea59fcfe5c4a352f95f6675b/4738747571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinorarechem.com/upload/files/79544598653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c37650fe803687b32597d0a81797b16b/11314336066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transport.frontiermyanmar.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tapoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://efnnma.org/files/file/87992334452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e3f9a08f0f8---jidiretuxum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icsbc.ru/fuploader//file/zupeboliseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bancodevida.com/bancodevida/admin/images/image/file/20768494351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=thrangu+rinpoche+books+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_off0000db50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB50 18004 bytes
SHA-256: 3e0aae83e11e26656604f7673b213ff3bb6ec48244dea6bd09d1f5890330a9e4
font_01_sfnt_off00010a19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A19 11048 bytes
SHA-256: e41c54835377c6010ad9bd0621cf58bdb1222da4f091b434ff0e6f5ae66a556e
font_02_sfnt_off00012349.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12349 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1