Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 516714d9fa53ab5f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 08:06:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 4ee3e7500de04fbe3c36eb49853247de SHA-1: 6dc0aa272d1d9cd043f476e68982286244b5c707 SHA-256: 516714d9fa53ab5fcf8da30c3d4914335ed5b345fac3d1fc0fa48c857280f273
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress uploads and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malware. The PDF's structure and embedded links indicate a phishing or malware distribution lure, likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://azizolace.cz/images/file/30758747981.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://abpaluso.com/upload/file/diremovif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drstevealbrecht.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abf5c471bfddc255c587bab0f850b630/wejazepiwadow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kayamedbursa.com/userfiles/file/11077761065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/70731080079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.myvzl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m9mp64p56mj9l281gatl6dgk0l/doxaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dryoucosmeceutical.com/userfiles/files/57413792622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/885ivgrqth0bc5g6amc1bu8kht/niwazovafokitopaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ugrctrani.it/userfiles/files/67704281721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anthonygillant.com/userfiles/file/wadiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euro520.net/userfiles/file/1627959025986195702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.prunay-en-yvelines.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18052330124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pepinieres-gey.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/semukisepozap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://collegemahan.ir/basefile/collegemahanir/files/xirigamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sskj.pl/userfiles/file/semojogamalimolegaxakabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rekalibracija.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a57c51b8ca6046f707988f04981a3f92/kegezikesixazov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artio.pl/files/files/fakinavepemagapudujere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dfed0913dc---76126274903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7494b80c96---kofesewefuvuxorugujivul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-cp.com/userfiles/file/gulugunoxujiluware.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d13c6d1ad1---59630979319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nousgarage.com/userfiles/file/jotowafonak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gimenezricarte-deltabogados.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lujelamalubiwes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nbtele.com/en/cache/fck_files/file/niwujadobomoxonijobawem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=sample+resume+college+student+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_off0000bb1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB1D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d334.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD334 11048 bytes
SHA-256: 36073e36f6dd47e221208cac4e35acd73a20970e5f1a9796348722eac65771f4
font_02_sfnt_off0000ecb3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECB3 15148 bytes
SHA-256: 24c98ba42379249dc58dc8205466a3112096b48a0e8468e50163be8bec522fc3