Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 508df3ca9d88570f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-07-14 02:00:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: 2be32b34df1f58ca00f507da0299bf9a SHA-1: ac5627612f6d8a25ea4b528b80f13104c8353c8d SHA-256: 508df3ca9d88570f77b6f7d4e2b59876d517d7f6b72a8cea27101be3bb44523a
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a downloader or phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://panziofabian.hu/fck_kepek/zefewabuwapapazirobasuw.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bpaq2qqthuamld2jgu1b05bie7/votidesiparokobupam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://virtualpulse.eu/UserFiles/file/nuwovulen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kap-group.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87358362982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kidneytracker.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75044051308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sip7.pl/autoinstalator/sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5484a9cfb078cfd20289405aa1462467/tosonubosuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/660etsmibl4pifkkggi8ii2886/26729665210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michellesmithscott.com/clients/36670/File/dasulutagazimawuwidawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avela.md/userfiles/file/22339862298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://at2apigroup3.com/contents//files/8337037705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094841517d1c---keseguputevasumukakuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jo6nu93go3h24hr9fgdjhsjdig/sofezabudesoxaketuwakaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tulsamemorialclassof71.com/clients/84987/File/sotakorakatuwozot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aamdqpfpr.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/60259153468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faltprasten12.se/anvandarbilder/70/files/59749438915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mvservice.it/file/53682703776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160747c112fc14---42063796358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greatwalledmond.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46982755758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinadigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ol3m9ieukffvsa35nfif0g0c1r/luwobufiliputisiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.schroedersales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0c3b7b7cfa8bb72b9cbee9147d27b1a/68113328188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitsiluet.cz/data/file/16203777332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s3e3o352fu92phfhoothg96ci5/2649132787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85c3beaf51ef0e6b979f1575f8a5c6d8/13328613265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mg001.cn/upload_fck/file/2021-5-20/20210520054925932386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+find+direct+labor+in+cost+of+goods+manufacturedPDF 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_off0000e57f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE57F 11136 bytes
SHA-256: 53ce925b6a46306d5419b243887bbe37ff75ff530469c0aaf5065619dba66f0f
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff46.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF46 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011758.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11758 16536 bytes
SHA-256: ec8d67dc8ce17e1fd4334d91f5f3c04988248aa12ec607e197715cf31111bce2