Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 641dfa74b03250eb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 16:18:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 17b839d17e8fd62fea88cf1a9581616b SHA-1: ab34036848bcbc6e36ef4fee1ad743c64f4c7f3d SHA-256: 641dfa74b03250eb7337749f2695d6c305969a47c9dd1c298a704c3ab1fba810
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous links pointing to potentially compromised websites, many of which host other PDF files. The presence of 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics indicates a tactic to distribute malicious content through SEO poisoning and compromised web infrastructure. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely serving as a lure for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a62585797b389ac9997ecd756e11de8/zapewidaron.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://alrabbanoilandgas.com/file/files/likewukinelikilulov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-zub.ru/userfiles/file/zobamedenew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608eb23209ab8---bireposojomumofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b639dae09d4---39025267077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cancelaria.pl/galeria/file/nufubodudonexuboj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kochamsushi.pl/UserFiles/file/43761788118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bonacorsi.it/file/84452825380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prinsart.ro/uploads/files/56460300726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d84325e197---25652665717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc16f41a428---14819112320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lyshiying.com/d/files/47127293187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ledson.ru/upload_picture/17249994003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicodavico.eu/userfiles/files/binujozuvadusixagekef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9069c29e7---gukojeduwuwoxitozaruget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahl2005.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/niniworepinoluvafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://internationallanguagenavigators.com/media/numugopuzawato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vodnik48.ru/content/file/waduselad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0d4a9d82d8---27887761424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce27175039---nukufetesafof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-30/20210430201520411720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sineadstone.com/userfiles/file/65790380707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hahlmb5cih2vac28p0j9mrq3n6/relif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xetnghiemadndanang.com/upload/userfiles/files/73480964381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=haverhill+mbta+schedule+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_off0000c27d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC27D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000da8f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA8F 17300 bytes
SHA-256: 824ed5a7fe6b16b6b4bb136b078a6268d9b7ee1494839e855ac7b6f4dd692a76
font_02_sfnt_off000106a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106A7 10956 bytes
SHA-256: 8138863fae2dd4082e939a73260bbbc2c87f45954fd514a840b1999dd2194ebb