Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7514ff37f667f4a3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.3 KB Created: 2021-09-24 05:54:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: b6d8a93e62fbe2bb1f7899bd628c7e01 SHA-1: 9b631aa9d4a027df28b5bb02cb6520b0a8539799 SHA-256: 7514ff37f667f4a34ba1f9e90b42209a442d73dc959354ee9b9a6f3c70275777
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting domains, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript and ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly indicates a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF with high confidence.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9901

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://a2kat.ru/userfiles/file/rokosagu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://oilmachineydy.com/d/files/87202534013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abe8faaf81ec897957c40cab510800c6/20851971302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinice-rasy.cz/files/file/pomafesusutazuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614d320b6875b---kivomobizusakulibuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasadtemizlik.com/upload/file/58578474577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://likuidart.com/files/ckeditor/files/tebiluserolefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tw-jia.com/uploads/files/202109122305132682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://z-i-f.ru/userfiles/file/91422353411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happysmilecard.com/uploads/files/vazulomobalipufufirize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musicpark-live.de/userfiles/file/daweperijisigebikikemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lasfyy.com/uploadfile/file/20210907144734685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ad32d9f0a331ab6529684170c7e586d/gixepepexopajikiget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santiagoporter.com/js/ckfinder/core/connector/php/files/dejudakekenedapidala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andersonlawdecorah.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/81309624924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techmechengineers.com/uploads/daweputunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136c6e35a59f---38614636475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trips-in.com/ckupload/files/96114918314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinpointfeedtech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96891138287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cageart.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142795711c31---gujifufulugoxuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://funstore.dialog.org/userfiles/file/kadesasunarurililero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://locnuocvietmy.com/Images_upload/files/tixozimepanezobumug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://childrencareandliteracysociety.org/userfiles/files/winuwufadinabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prosefkuchare.cz/userfiles/polijejebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0965818789.com/CKEdit/upload/files/91683377538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archifolder.com/userfiles/files/metebamalamosuzuwinemij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shyjjc.com/v15/Upload/file/2021921238302237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=indian+flag+live+wallpaperPDF 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_off0000c780.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC780 17084 bytes
SHA-256: 411eb737dbc0efb2cee7679b9abd6b723d9f755026b51432f5d592ac3d4cc6cd
font_01_sfnt_off0000f38f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF38F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010ba6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BA6 10388 bytes
SHA-256: b028c07c2b118abc62cd9558097732e0e14f17cb9cfd2b214c2db3e5dc8ec394