Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 330eb365b1a19557…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-09-18 12:34:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 9db414c4a776d0e130149926fef7a0fd SHA-1: 7abbaae59d3959d2adee2697e3aa1b4c879b5f6f SHA-256: 330eb365b1a19557276ef13f346ef5f41f62063fec0ec24d0772d1a9873247b5
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous external PDFs hosted on compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, indicative of a phishing or malware distribution lure. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the nature of the links and the PDF structure align with common phishing techniques that often leverage embedded JavaScript for obfuscation or redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://www.thaiboat.net/image/upload/File/61649090921.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://metrominicabs.com/survey/userfiles/files/44106504904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tiemhoahaibara.com/data/dulieu/files/51145476255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monteconsultants.com/image/upload/File/pezuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzky.cn/dubeite/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210909_052828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b90a1462d2d970340b3122144d82894/23673061663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134264ea2639---4849841942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kuppersbusch.hu/userfiles/files/zojivomaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shopgraeagle.com/ckeditor/uploads/files/29313039393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://childrencareandliteracysociety.org/userfiles/files/gujofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c66b01832153a928602b73af0ab45ab7/zuforekibulabojitilot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spirit-legend-enterprises.com/webroot/editor-uploads/files/22496788251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rszm88.com/upfolder/e/files/20210916210201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a1-recruitment.fr/v2011/Files/fck_upload/file/24377676094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gianphoiduyloimodel.com/Images_upload/files/luxutisevuxopolusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614263289d409---zefalosovuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amy-tsai.com/images_express/userfiles/files/kinetezetikawodaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7b1b42cd8500cac80a71be80af252c8/fuwoziteruwane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rayer.cn/d/files/kudexonuvasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sasnowosielski.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xosuberivewofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sangjeom.com/userfiles/file///13332993470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalroomplus.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/5590874746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marathonblainville.com/userfiles/files/rimaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extrastyle.ee/ckfinder/userfiles/files/giwajobanulor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.se/upload/93705502418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tnvcktstnfie04luipq8vqajjc/10433079195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gewald.ru/content/Files/gogoturatorawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=download+uc+browser+for+mobile+androidPDF 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_off0000eab2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAB2 10868 bytes
SHA-256: e030ef6c72adcfbc8d40f85a48d556a81cd286c053674b96245bcba0f793665f
font_01_sfnt_off000103d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103D1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011be3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BE3 17940 bytes
SHA-256: 2f731e88746048e39752edc20d3985fb4d73a75869c78910f2aad7c93efcc238