Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 697388ae91141ab7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-07-22 05:00:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 7e3e098b7778c6437c46de232c34a768 SHA-1: 147fe02394cdb445c40e3d6b8ead24cf5106f6e5 SHA-256: 697388ae91141ab73960a7a48ec4052c844e60ecfeb566e3ad59a6fb26531c6c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it is part of a link farm designed to distribute malware or lead users to phishing sites. The presence of these links and the overall structure indicate a likely attempt to trick users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3e0be177c6---48964391558.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaa1acmiejxr6d7fg.xn--p1ai/data/files/jivesasaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitanova-cattery.com/upload/file/negabofovuxit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiwendq.com//data/attachment/file/selizirefanagidebasiwilup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkagenap.com/contents//files/xosalerapadodegaxijiwar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ace866ff496cd079e76dba5d385f6ac/sopesopuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafesca.mx/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59400803180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea28241f2d2956f342aa97f2278384eb/83178240079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airconbank.com/upload/fckeditor/file/8375591093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hophungvietnam.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/41672813237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smobiil.eu/userfiles/files/mewomuvupejetefudezona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gursakaryahukuk.com/images/file/59009443718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b19682291e52314566d0d8a09a768a53/75379066682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoandtruckrepair.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/nevosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmagame.com/userfiles/file/digage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e1aazeoc7d.xn--p1ai/images/shared/file/44255517036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abdcf57c4d8---92327586349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8980c08232---83635282383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dbb704aefe---pavijazapedipirujefite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paoladebenedetti.eu/userfiles/files/movepinolutaxumijefaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bpsstudio.hu/uploads/61933389792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160961873931fd---95590986042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ksuskalology.com/images/file/dugovopizabozur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160873ad0f1032---pezagebuwozogogawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duocvinhkim.com/userfiles/file/80298682714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=elite+dna+therapyPDF 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_off0000db01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB01 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f313.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF313 17116 bytes
SHA-256: 44d5087659411031c5705fa8dd1b44a7e6dc33329ee5abe3b73d698ca3b3f449
font_02_sfnt_off00011ffc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FFC 10300 bytes
SHA-256: cde2b40827c3deba5c24912421024703b4c5f5aea5b36a7515dc16f441ae5a45