Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 571a86de432a10e4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-09-08 21:03:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 2ab30e7496ed4a0c9f70f3a6b98fa36b SHA-1: bfd25000d6c63596ae90716a3e0bf357bb5b3d23 SHA-256: 571a86de432a10e4f604b39fe28adffad6cd84ee06e5cc91dee6b36a7503fba7
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or trojan delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://lexxyin.net/files/fckeditor/file/98731511253.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mhreng.com/userfiles/file/26852061837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b26c59afd0bd41248ba101a3bcd40cc9/fedobidatibuxub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdhmladavozice.cz/userfiles/file/levogalaxanatajava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nsck-cykelmotion.dk/userfiles/file/jebilumafarupobawaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukorbetegshop.hu/files/kobigusezonutixupejuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohsongpharm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/refiponilerilunilisekupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161322736e7b53---75138395140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kotypsy.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70593165990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atkarisuli.hu/userfiles/file/58215741080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fluffy-chins.com/images/file/41252278007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braindevelopmentmaps.org/userfiles/files/2811280422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17cf3f55e272789e2f44cb2a0a9878cc/47158090089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kredoteka.ru/uploads/file/53480617289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithatlekhanh.com/Images_upload/files/90283151725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://poojaindiangrill.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/37216800596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hantverksakuten.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zawabusifuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://btsmstlucia.com/atomicsteps/upload/userfiles/file/91302847574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilghirlandaio.it/userfiles/files/18333045485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcstema.com/userfiles/files/82458044635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.padanguparduotuve.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fudivobexopepumegiwopage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.offshoreyachts.net/web_upload/editor/files/xadozuboxajejukovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icltindia.in/userfiles/file/93132065784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zahrek.com/userfiles/file/sexududipev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=capital+budgeting+in+excel+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_off0000e863.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE863 10780 bytes
SHA-256: 1daf8c9e1f8368c7735907fbf63c09f7a3029a74d530a27777b68dfce357e633
font_01_sfnt_off000100e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100E6 17316 bytes
SHA-256: f3d0e5ec6855893a56d5d7b88d871beecf35d74b29f5102c780e9aebee2e9fb5
font_02_sfnt_off00012df3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DF3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1