Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 710f80ec15b44958…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-06-28 02:06:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: e5cbbd48c19d2e0396dab763ca2e76ba SHA-1: a5d7b597f1b41957f3c18cad9cd312ba2aaf3753 SHA-256: 710f80ec15b449584432bf8c127be2fa3b1c5114c90b0f7d1c1d5241aa2d29e6
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://grandhotelbulgaria.com/userfiles/file/xozoza.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01cf94cb096bc5d763c35343a6abdaad/jopupomugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a126fb86ad---90435550250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lnmt724o4lfsdvl8f8tltm26g7/zigamugebereduvedifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncvpte.in/userfiles/file/saxuvewenitiwusalabexum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pfhku6qhd9udd9f2samoetk874/77102823591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160818d45eb46f---52969683934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cea61f28f6---lilutir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schs1968.com/clients/861610/File/29130016262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6f2f789180e0ff3dade8b466e6392eb/92328353455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a29babe8ed8---23555879013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fdee11366d---noresepewetexugedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plafondchauffant.fr//img/user/file/38704720876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zetrade.cz/userfiles/file/95881501740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607270806ad3b---vosikunukukurojija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przychodnia-felinskiego.pl/uploads/editor/file/salizawibexorovoxudonofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cef3518bae9---87934750893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2d6b381d40---lumisog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brandonsmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75tvp43re49mk9hn5d7multtm5/dexazuwizunakaxanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kulturazebrak.cz/userfiles/22101580588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=ron+weber+information+systems+control+and+audit+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_off0000f12b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF12B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001093d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1093D 16824 bytes
SHA-256: cf0ebcf045c0766dce756d95bb985e50f39d526be5eb790bef8199124ac36e8b
font_02_sfnt_off000134ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134AD 11264 bytes
SHA-256: d43d18b6415cc6a27651819337a8440f98796adb9373df14754d4fd21a1ae218