Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 75216788fe7f9444…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-07-19 16:46:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: f097d48e6451e0e6e3c99bcdfbb7a18f SHA-1: 49e28ad721bff0fb65bcd2e4647bca06afab3d1c SHA-256: 75216788fe7f94445ff16713abbbe36673e5616f2f16189d917d280648922931
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to deliver second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://sugarfree-gelato.com/upload/file/jetisunujevajawulakow.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc4bc21ea0f74db85909d87afc17e18d/20506258727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unesco-mediain.cz/fckfiles/file/wofavub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ogcdc.org/uploads/ck_upload/files/67095372524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.napariverinn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ba5addeba106d1db301e84f20e54f67/vasefabisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gayaarchi.com/userfiles/file/20210528183613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u3lafk71vq95hbvk6686noecu4/buvujowebuduzawuribumelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sabunwangi.com/contents//files/zibudotowinufarinebowufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technestudio.eu/userfiles/files/zizotizomimorufabalesin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nessium.fr/userfiles/file/53834431144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://computergramm.com/userfiles/file/26538671579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tgrhot8h5j5maacge7m621mjr0/69608428853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nedirajtebosnu.net/userfiles/file/gopobumikojomiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomedicoveterinariobellucci.eu/userfiles/files/95092897766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sixteengrams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k6lmsruk654cns4oc7l1hooj1j/sopokaramanavaredogonuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac38a75e3fcbd409bb6f1ded7fce25f8/sodilenazimiwaxiwilum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d76d336654---ruledidulejuvifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcdesantmarti.com/biocop/Images/images-editor/file/votabutedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prestopc.it/upload/file/88967447418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1njvnbp8cnuuru353qsgq950pl/xuboxepelikuvekuzerin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a637492a4c6---65904414463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hakkabrothers.com/userfiles/file///34025679340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=japji+sahib+with+meaning+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000c1d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC1D1 16228 bytes
SHA-256: f2666e95f4599b990980a0abf2f374fe3006e34437484733904d739abeeb93bf
font_01_sfnt_off0000d7b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7B5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000efcc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFCC 11192 bytes
SHA-256: e54fd53bd1b3e7cfccb4b1e5cf9201830debfc64476b0c15d4f3fcc240e57108
font_03_sfnt_off0001095f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1095F 16620 bytes
SHA-256: eca2df13c061acf56159073cd90ca218d6e4fb4050089208dcc4c2e052887bc2