Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 601e02201b3ef9c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.2 KB Created: 2021-09-08 07:10:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 1394473b6890e9a918b9e60439ea98ea SHA-1: 2ab66517de123e563be641a041ac22d41dc64cd8 SHA-256: 601e02201b3ef9c1f086b1331c93cb82a1456e71974db3ff76fc23fd6d444399
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a high number of embedded links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and 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 distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and numerous URLs are indicative of malicious redirection tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9897

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 https://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ratib+al+athos+latin+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://cobmedia.hu/include/75468647625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roweryelectra.pl/app/webroot/uploads/file/16228956295815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duepassidalcentro.it/userfiles/files/werol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kocavietnam.com/upload/files/mopofub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brixtontaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/52294563717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peilimineko.com/userfiles/file/8042769455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rmgoals.com/userfiles/files/63101456853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23a150a6b239d1dd8c24c2f8a85893d1/81401299423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgdivorcelawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/738d530ab4a8c6af1af44812ef687402/1193216750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carraracucinecomponibilitrapani.it/userfiles/files/ropepexetulururusetutasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getracemirates.com/userfiles/files/2921634641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://life-worldwide.org/assets/uploads/files/bowuratuzap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136fd5f11085---vesudaripekatagofip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leanuslab.com/UserFiles/file/63440189560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098eff1b6a8a---pesadiwivuzesimulobokefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edb21c7f695bbdcb427352f2d4d48a71/bosobenoxevitogaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611981c6d0ef6---givexoxidadunademenipiwaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e70793237fb---xiletubeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d29a0931111---44877264765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unicornproduction.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc20b845ed1b271170319489207f4f27/xusozemideweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esofagopisa.it/userfiles/file/susijidinevitidilesuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e3edu.vn/public/ckfinder/core/connector/php/connector.phppublic/uploadsfiles/zovukoxusofigoruzekodari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesislighting.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db84f3838384481320e12a2dbb902621/63782754124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.southdownscellars.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nivig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kontiko.com/ktkweb3/images/upload/files/fimosinuritolokevamiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kermanrooz.com/img/files/96831741499.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_off00010beb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BEB 21560 bytes
SHA-256: 9154ccebf034862d5459b6e2055dff54a5962cbe5627722a930b416ddbee8e6c
font_01_sfnt_off0001433f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1433F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015b56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15B56 10548 bytes
SHA-256: f7644d5ccccfa5f1764d56c80e2caed81ed3eb1d53ee14db1f1c5cf59ef46f18