Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 731b6e456758f9bc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-07-08 06:46:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 4cf27256ad2dda7fa98700b119795c55 SHA-1: f5d0fac3a9030478da013a2168d9b8eb694dbf48 SHA-256: 731b6e456758f9bce6a1880955c3c8da7d4c908a23cca518d9df1a4fa8d457cb
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with high-severity heuristics indicating it contains links to algorithmically-generated URLs and points to compromised WordPress upload storage. The PDF structure and numerous external links suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely leveraging spearphishing attachments as the initial access vector. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of external links implies a redirection to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://cecprint.com/images/file/9085782884.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://weberstellen.ch/userfiles/file/timume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3740766e2---89357400320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0f009ffebe80b12518aa655e68a1175/dobidogapub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070052675024---64842326943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solarhomepage.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/vavakabona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0qrmc9ns4v3bo4t9g16cbhvvp1/gisofiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1q0jppc6k4396he8qkuqn4h612/16184410284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mihalex.by/files/files/79633649940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patc.fr/imagesfile/zarule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://star-transform-moscow.ru/uimg/files/94513722049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ac27f19eba53d3391a03aaafd960187/81649488471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://igorodstore.ru/files/userfiles/files/58965776376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c543b0307c---18094029753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jrqqhnslpbppdma0nt3cd9jcm1/23076386903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esz.jp/img/editor/files/dobikavivitosefoxor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tourpon.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210616_734EEC9ECDF977A9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5b65922cd9---nuxosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eucolait.be/userfiles/files/bumufozodit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b75733a13e2---21914299406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nowyhotelik.pl/userfiles/file/petamiwoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariocigliano.com/userfiles/files/36103579857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://komputerzagrosze.pl/userfiles/file/mulerugumakeforojoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donghocasiochinhhang.net/uploads/userfiles/file/19173321033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aadhar-interior.com/userfiles/file/xudizedilakerek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a58c0e0e1f0---93278686222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=convert+pdf+to+dxf+free+softwarePDF 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_off0000e61b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE61B 17148 bytes
SHA-256: 0387157dc090f4113063db6fa0616f20bf52b752eb11af81fa0506cafa529795
font_01_sfnt_off000112e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112E9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012b00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B00 10640 bytes
SHA-256: e3cc630cd30b40010ab17559ec4e31f2e5f4a4ee0a8740c38e104535aa2f9a08