Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7201890852f1e692…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.8 KB Created: 2021-07-24 04:43:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 994a02eda6b0dc16f493e6f607a8baf4 SHA-1: 389ab2a01da218ae7ec33505ce12355503609f0a SHA-256: 7201890852f1e69276945ee686e2217c93e251148a54df5e836393d797c0494b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded links pointing to potentially compromised websites and disposable hosting, indicating a likely phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of malicious activity, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://ildungrice.com/fileupload/fckeditor/file/36788019492.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://2478.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mofupedavorizike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5qcd0r6d2bo0qnn6ppob8v5ft6/misenukajorupuziram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089d5d270fcc---buxujer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c67acd3ab3---witomezaredoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpotplace.com/uploads/files/xinoxajawurux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8a7508d06c---lomejaxoman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herium.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210721_160890BFB405432D.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://handlpc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/pupixexafebofim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160873b4ea6bbd---96407794524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gphs100.com/clients/e/e3/e3ed30f4e85b1ff1e74f61348c82e8eb/File/piwibobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfapilates.pl/upload/file/42079712804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ed79f770ee---6199715910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42sa6qrjpjejh56cqt0ioohhuk/80172928560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelshops.pl/userfiles/file/39098710180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clove7.com/userfiles/file/64243429137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weblative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c42s97ema1fsb1s4plr70i2k26/ditobanuzilesukarekolezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083dadeded1f---lopeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skolicka.eu/foto/images/file/bosiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd242eb59f583986b569d28c088e3b0f/rofovadikuvixatipumuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ddc06dc111fe7f4e188f7bd7ab75b593/4397313803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5c3303e778---78085390963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pacpartner.net/images_client//imagesfile/25944694126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davis-wilford.com/clients/5/5d/5d1655677b271656441dfc21bb295863/File/visediporilaxokul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=spoken+english+topics+for+beginners+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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f836.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF836 18452 bytes
SHA-256: 407fc36d7943d89f4e6bbf8350008c96f5eae1188dce6d43e8e5f1d55830a568
font_01_sfnt_off0001295b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1295B 11044 bytes
SHA-256: b49bd08d149cae5c7ef0781f050f9c154df1831aac51d7fda204e0f8a485045f
font_02_sfnt_off0001427f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1427F 3228 bytes
SHA-256: cd05094ee592bc1ca0deb20e8773ddc9855caae166a6f01d9497d062e1afee7c
font_03_sfnt_off00014fac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14FAC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1