Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7593e4550081f8b4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

114.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 11:18:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 1b65d62d554f0583d837fea432f277ef SHA-1: 51e507179ad85fe11471e413953dc2b27b0700b0 SHA-256: 7593e4550081f8b421f0d997802e079b249c61ec1c77ee76f39b171af258167b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-severity PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9930

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://idealist.ro/userfiles/file/9877282693.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bk-plus.at/userfiles/files/56216074995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quincy.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sukuzaroresutizapoguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sindicav.com.br/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jodebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deltagroup.bg/uploads/file/28308550576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doradcyprawni.com/images/pliki/73775060558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bowenlawmt.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/33549587115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfbe08fa6ea74d54fbc2a56972f554c6/80130882404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mallenmediations.com/mallenmediations/images/userfiles/file/79705863079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almoheetmanpower.com/public_html/userfiles/file/darukepokoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esistore.lu/userfiles/file/36967351868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9a2d189a85---45298572789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u963uhclge0eno5tphga51no80/40822697486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bogelaipigeon.com/upload/file/sijukixode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mai-avto.ru/upload_files/file/porudep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tattica.byespresso.com/app/webroot/files/upload/files/88715969066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://location-venise.com/italie_documents/files/lulokowidepilonawufonaxik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhouzhuank.com/v15/Upload/file/20217141344273358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monocroma.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d32c6a9ca9b40a64a982ad38831b356/zedulujesejoripimixobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0dedfee4fb7dd645ba4e8248da5b05fd/13138035286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/ditimukud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae3dd7fc98435144db19958f1204beb3/9623409762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaijz0c.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92977221942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609277a1523ef---62965263626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hpx.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f6de69db934780c0894a18f2ee5000c/xejukolun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akapacha.com/userfiles/file/pevesurozazabufoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=ray+tracing+tutorial+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_off00015556.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15556 20528 bytes
SHA-256: d732b2152754791bf0571b746f146b51296baedc360f76f97859fe5b9191d823
font_01_sfnt_off00018beb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18BEB 10752 bytes
SHA-256: 54d0d2a0cef97f6968bbd674e66395c186ff1d7189e6fa72a1b3d5efcdc61226
font_02_sfnt_off0001a49f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A49F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1