Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 568932637be87fb2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-08-11 12:07:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 0a6355ce74868f2330e23f6f013e08a6 SHA-1: 577c78c8335e5e8c1904e6a3d5e57bde124736fb SHA-256: 568932637be87fb24f034623aaf1ff477f324ece38d38d2727216a9c5b46e817
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF containing numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and numerous external links suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://studioscoponi.eu/userfiles/files/20952595707.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ahreco.com/uploads/news_file/4753887779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0bca7f05dcb9cf162bec25c4d6dc16b/tibusezefofiziwunuzawarip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44i8q5qmpaf4fage607vkcigtm/zalomulexuposuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160840dbf01292---zamidobotalibalusibodule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1ldtcntesk0soei3cmcmje506/26316575243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taispacedesign.com/upload/files/sulovulefuluwawivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleshuzataruhaz.hu/files/file/puwenazeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gangwonbnb.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210602_730336B408E83027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160723b9126e9c---75611527917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088aaf58558f---dasoxajez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1ca7ca7849---vifipota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phayaotechno.com/UserFiles/File/zanunumofupuxuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608af9a2e3fec---nofovufaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5gmd6mjjkomq37i45gln97lkh1/64100466267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3gsd548etbpq13si6d5o14gvn/95085274235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a8150e5d3b8c8084ec72840537dcf9f/59045687618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1c2539338862692fc87140d04cee6bd/4507948609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maynenkhiinverter.com/media/ftp/file/77660037942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldcoil.com/uploadfiles/files/xulonesujavimixibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2990592.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76074687124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faisaltowel.com/survey/userfiles/files/5968754447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villapellegrino.it/userfiles/files/rogutat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b1daab80ba---16148240817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=p90x+plyo+worksheetPDF 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_off0000f73b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF73B 10676 bytes
SHA-256: f6e470dfd7996f3ace65737956aa2a82144040cbb6fdb81607770a64b58bb32d
font_01_sfnt_off00010ffd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FFD 17388 bytes
SHA-256: 46662fe2584c9dfae99c4eafa7f76301bb97616de217d51f7c05102b04ce1bd3
font_02_sfnt_off00013d9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D9E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1