Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 710b5ee35792eab4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.6 KB Created: 2021-09-08 05:35:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: b79284846dfba5442b51340bd6d1469c SHA-1: 10c2f05eb8cbfe8a226dfb50e0ea9055c5738924 SHA-256: 710b5ee35792eab47790102dedb5f9431b28648117c2bef70016676f01b9b058
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads or part of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to lure users to external malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://dbjadow.pl/attachments/file/75484263835.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lamaisonducoeur.ca/upload/editor/file/xozekivavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxtarget.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xekigutaxopowepefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagliodeimille.it/userfiles/files/defefawuwesoxutijod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gs-metals.com/filespath/files/20210730211537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luatsubienhoa.com/upload/ck/files/xamisezorudexexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://superiorservicesandsolutionsfl.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/xanakidurit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de25b4af0b6---kitexegolenawowuluwij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f4db6a9636f---womurinigikemot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eros-arena-reutlingen.de/eros/userfiles/file/54582167647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75ea1a9638610188665d8d78ed4a1b4e/lusebemux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pima-alarms.net/slicice/file/rozizaruvovilugumekig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travolution.travel/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f321f0cebfa8a7bd38b24a22711aec9b/lupakowuwofam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vivekanandbawwa.com/userfiles/file/73728401430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newsru.md/upload/userfiles/files/lizanafupotalojidiveka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jae3bm7d0bk931hanu5382te8e/85502499790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-14/20210714124115764464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/608829212ef8e50b6b6bb4749a31abac/95337964318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2583e9606a7fc3af24c06784d1395215/82772634224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ombv9n8fc29f6gvo3sbn0e1v2/bonovopugigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e52e8f529982d7169e88c35f143f0d68/38135147156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techscreening.com/userfiles/files/zefekis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malifer.hu/upload/file/mevamariwesalufekododob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=word+rtf+to+pdf+converter+freePDF 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_off0000cdc6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDC6 10204 bytes
SHA-256: f882a9a78f1fb77bb2fe9cde955897a02d9b5dd27fe7fd441097e530897e0cdc
font_01_sfnt_off0000e4c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4C3 17152 bytes
SHA-256: 84e21156e39455539fe429e03467e3fc227fcb113009aa2ad57804791a62f6b1
font_02_sfnt_off00011157.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11157 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1