Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6401c58db1944d72…

MALICIOUS

PDF

109.6 KB Created: 2021-08-07 03:01:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 8b6b393b86edce951a903ebb1080f1e9 SHA-1: 8db77cf609b0d7c50164e501a10c6dc3e3b89724 SHA-256: 6401c58db1944d724e11b14475fd363bf2d3dea3c9af2eeb7b746a3774801f12
194 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of PDF_URI and PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK heuristics suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.5215

Heuristics 6

  • 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
  • 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://gld-lining.com/user_img/files/25306821996.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbbff92fed1---89304467019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alllegaltask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jkbs49i06d988085051jf6uq4n/85500124717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fzcce.com/aimgs/uload/files/35330318857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngaa.org.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nedewotuvuwufajelot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tessuno.com/upload/files/6103499ce5897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arihantgranites.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3rurcohhikkd9hq6qa8j2au8b4/vutiragazijilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://developmentassociationofnagaland.org/nbloom/fckuploads/file/65826842476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tannhatviet.vn/upload/files/93962753152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiari-web.com/ckfinder/optimist/files/72628334307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.danvillern.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l16ibu4oeskot8pjvp9t6991t4/55613833110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc810ee679f546412b640af440ed238b/vanejoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3b38973a64---45134501609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czerwoneiczarne.pl/files/file/97510769676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renfrewareahealthvillage.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kisilefanagofofaluxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loveforlungs.com/clients/a/a9/a9a80f3a93b7553e0860ec1960497db0/File/66499802853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cerezolorente.com/files/cerezolorente/_repo/file/33289581102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zjpjxt.cn/upload/uploadfile/file/68250473639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0a85dd7853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c265171022---difemanepud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--d1achljw0b.xn--p1ai/content/upload/najemami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--arbeitskndigungsrecht-best-5zc.de/userfiles/file/bidujipaleboveki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=what+type+of+intermolecular+force+is+exhibited+by+sulfur+dioxidePDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000158d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x158D8 18540 bytes
SHA-256: c0c2dcd7c17b38a5751b3fbe5be2eb10beef8835ff897417453b8e64202fb74e
font_01_sfnt_off000188e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x188E4 11336 bytes
SHA-256: 52f344f2db38b6e7632ea19acddfb917f3b4682ece673e194bbb3d1689e04ff5