Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 507088f51c4431c9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

119.4 KB Created: 2021-08-30 02:06:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 912ad539a1631dd1878eea555bfc6d59 SHA-1: 039490a601bbdd5a8cf6c929013868e6a6ea1057 SHA-256: 507088f51c4431c9c988b1a6f4171a09c9a2475ddd1456a2ded53b9bed439e22
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external resources, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this, indicating attempts to obscure the final malicious destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://tapetcenter.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/3025751555.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098ac46afa92---zupafiribajixinosesobowit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160985207d8461---bujisupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081f90ac4f47---bokezezosenudefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611f124e5f39b---92869519513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waterreducer.cn/d/files/983438766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3607d60c84---10632152604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ekransamara.ru/files/warefipusidoxal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirakuramenandsushi.com/uploads/files/63393908771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://king-pro.com/userfiles/files/dununusegofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4tqp3rjeofkmdfs6rfv4av3151/telopavik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettoangeli.it/userfiles/files/33440031023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c4849b62d1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608de45c3ea6c---91540129085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfirv98rk0iulv6ks2g14sfj2l/87416079911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://impressivetravelvietnam.com/upload/files/pirilalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinhthuan.com/upload/files/84010457610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agendatourvietnam.com/hinhanh/file/jemaxuxuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161131dd6d1559---87582503420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608735fa07e13---56894012743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themis-lex.com/userfiles/files/91772724201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://popnmusic.fr/userfiles/file/26761522144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f2d17415198---21794222599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolphinegypt.net/userfiles/file/63444600076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=ordeal+by+cheque+checksPDF 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_off00016c0a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16C0A 19320 bytes
SHA-256: b7d06cd3cb109843b7dec0447497ad91bb4930afc4ca7d8218154e8a02f29fef
font_01_sfnt_off00019e77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19E77 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001b68e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B68E 10672 bytes
SHA-256: f1fa4f0e4b0ff81763d6258abe90f9de33dac651f957e8bd7cc49a54a861f532