Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 565788589d505cb3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.6 KB Created: 2021-07-20 18:57:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 5ea4459a8411a515b34919cb523a9e5b SHA-1: 454d3761b01df807cb3be89d27c8bba45b71513f SHA-256: 565788589d505cb3578613f1ef6ff1a23076db71c4ad4aa90896da701a2a1959
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress installations and disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to host and distribute malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9941

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://jagominum.com/contents//files/21302886016.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://elitvorota.ru/f/file/fodorapomazerip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtaky.sk/media/file/97018713434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k8bf0bsgmidvbkfca6248uabq0/gufakenex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096e8cf5ab3d---54526790118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a115e46fa97a36d514343908edeeefa/karome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbdc.co/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78849885531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiengthai.com/file_media/file_image/file/70235998533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auto-spec.ca/fck/file/nobumumigelasesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cca313cd7ca3c0cdad538dca7f726f1/bipigud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl-light.ru/design/img/upload/file/nesejij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3q1p.com/upload/file/210612020232275376xbn1wt7fbhxr.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lescourailleurs.com/upload/editor/file/rodadedov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5b33580801---89847522113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedical.com/uploads/file/sifuzebedelotubanefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccveg.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03tk625tensl65gk57lh76oe9v/93265743939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac06491ec6a---pesanozenozezirovemebeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sierrahighalumni.com/clients/878712/File/83118344208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8a98977eb4---88081921611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1f3bd28625e9bf4e976271a3bcc77f2/pevenuvemikep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmfegypt.com/userfiles/files/51698591112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l19b57rviqhol1d5gatuif22tf/xunomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=death+park+scary+clown+survival+horror+game+downloadPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f251.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF251 16364 bytes
SHA-256: 0e5be36f18eaff501d87bf7c62aea9f20033a574aabcbb2b0afaf57923acc99c
font_01_sfnt_off000108a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108A3 11420 bytes
SHA-256: c280211ec8ad24c43a956d26f04e960ccc64bceb1f757b39790cc6c5606293b1
font_02_sfnt_off00012354.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12354 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00013b66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B66 17928 bytes
SHA-256: d34d740f0601dd02fa4d2b41a44058bcb3fb035e95803187cc59b62c5fb29223