Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 565ad62e44d756be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.1 KB Created: 2021-09-16 01:13:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: e4dc4b3c88737cadcdf2ab9f1011117c SHA-1: 2605593319ecad456042bfdd3a7bd6ee1cd2fea1 SHA-256: 565ad62e44d756bee7ecad48159c495fda8d67d5111e26d288b14d59059bb6c1
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of external URLs and the nature of the heuristics suggest potential for JavaScript exploitation or redirection to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=complete+javascript+tutorial+pdf+with+examples PDF link annotation
    • http://pokwuttibut.com/file_media/file_image/file/radoxagabuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nbretail.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40390182936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/51734575061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jolanyee.com/upload/files/202109080053062187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://btsoft.vn/uploads/files/17623570773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://office-agglo-larochelle.fr/userfiles/file/35359241711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dalba.net/other_files/File/selidetizixisodepaber.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140bf2c263f1---veguzemupemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilghirlandaio.it/userfiles/files/gewezukirozepiduxade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matraci.info/UserFiles/File/ruxevagiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agot.pl/upload/file/vozakag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poaglasses.com/uploads/files/202109020715326603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141d0b84b033---7996474366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----1-6cdapb2bdyqawnpcindqfc.xn--p1ai/media/file/redixirupaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161340110e3de3---wukurerujikilalusaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc2534e84fb635054957f08226b56215/nufisukidovawinuxibunoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f83c6a9caf61183d4e6528920f5363b/51442429227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614267853c6c3---76009132757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peoplehelppeople.net/uploads/File/6108864204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://handientu.vn/userfiles/file/nunirekodakudabejuwod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wanyuantemple.tw/userfiles/file/34258369608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2990592.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76185975721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fullgame.hu/uploads/files/gijafofunume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/873ee40d346b8183691072a4bfd826e2/82201356078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakulchaiplace.com/Uploads/file/80417697331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00011140.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11140 11296 bytes
SHA-256: 8b1f6f8a636f0516db439688ab21715230e44e979be34cb5bc26cc439d5ba9f6
font_01_sfnt_off00012bd8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BD8 18096 bytes
SHA-256: 902eced23d864f5602404584f10b1df84fb58fa104a3ff0ac63196475545b2ff
font_02_sfnt_off00015ab3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15AB3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1