Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 75b7745ba6310ad9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.5 KB Created: 2021-06-20 23:52:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 35598e251ba4ef46221f0ee409bc0b0c SHA-1: 86443ba29bbc031082c34873da0b6ba562e37042 SHA-256: 75b7745ba6310ad9c1052faad7ca5c3bf3340bd8addab4bf2ffb90ee84467597
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious document designed to exploit user trust.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://hoangnhataudio.vn/media/files/fidopuritodov.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gamedunyasi.com/calisma2/files/uploads/zegiveruzuviwosewafigetom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab22613dcfd---lupusesiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://childrencareandliteracysociety.org/userfiles/files/kesudugiduvena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/587jl4sbdrk8lom83c2qp44t41/43242436173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blpest.com/UserFiles/file/pegatogomezakoripipiruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b1a7827d87562e405a18f55ead9b951/73521853859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7debbfc5048ec64f320416a995144ed1/xulum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8bd27ddfae3648c07529cca4e2e17fa/fosulanola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b9dac0ede1---92625297789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b430bd20a6ef6a000a7e01e7d7baa59a/kolabifimebetij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac2ecdc5437---71961869831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cdc9e33237---tixominutijibukemivodowuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a86d3a60042---xojawuzizuvawozod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drivingschool-brno.eu/files/sibawagimolorufuwujaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/trb8h2fbdbvonkvvg1ea4k1ri3/19592786056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjaimama.com/data/upload/2021/05/file/202105150301117455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southernlightingsource.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9214ff100b9481650662b9bbfce7172f/67994361876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r3r00jne9aktb8n9r92qnpl6p2/zalisuwip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=kamyab+jawan+program+phase+2+loan+formPDF 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
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_004_off0000ed5c.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0xED5C 24604 bytes
SHA-256: 0f9e58c21f0513071a91bb9718eea99bd9bf14f98b2be971728fb8885adcacce
font_00_sfnt_off0000b912.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB912 5828 bytes
SHA-256: 57c4db4a740c42b59cbf5a699df11c8ec860087e8750467053fd6b43fbdf7f3a
font_01_sfnt_off0000cce9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCE9 9544 bytes
SHA-256: e61bc7b00a6fbbe72e24acfa0905fafe79ab7ae92abddcca0938fc1889161bad