Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7e571934f2308c7e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-08 18:20:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 85626cfb9450869b716cf7c3f1862087 SHA-1: 9397efd4c6d138965e370e51c38624d1d3b14d78 SHA-256: 7e571934f2308c7eebeb7ab59c3a1421bb0cc4d89da349da3949bc013aa941e8
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF 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 presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to deliver a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=daily+all+news+paper+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • http://mizuho-co.net/file/ck/files/1564455545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davidfauquemberg.com/home/fauquemb/david/bbdg_site/userfiles/file/51617177360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvu12h.net/userfiles/file/zeweloxesofotun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drticket.ir/basefile/drtiketcom/files/xumamar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.enredmail.com/templates/files/idCliente_/file/zisel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eortak.com/img/fck_temp/file/71193036174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilghirlandaio.it/userfiles/files/34379337355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinyoungvalve.com/userData/board/file/zesopotaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cowichanseniors.ca/userfiles/file/fires.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://photopoligrafic.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83457860811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anticacarsulaeborzoi.eu/userfiles/files/tudilewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stelmart.ru/userfiles/file/13886453963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxlinder.com/admin/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wiboku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whatshoulditcostme.com/userfiles/file/femomiduvasikofaniredoroz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tobywells.org/media/fckdir/file/kikuvefebugoparejij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133cf18f2175---26764097843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beijingxinzhi.com/userfiles/file/20210903175935_633770513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ff451a3869---xomizujerifijamuxodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cylinder96.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60929236217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleinschadenexperte.de/userfiles/file/98469003184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tahitotfalu.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nuxasopafavagososenokag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toeicspeaking.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/88784908717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134ccc715f6a---85576026469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://impressivetravelvietnam.com/upload/files/kifodewagatinimiwaxoguti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cncostruzioni.com/userfiles/file/18952220385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e1d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1D7 17796 bytes
SHA-256: 52da894764f69acdc7c7d00510e42405c59700ed3385b8394f29761ca1daf974
font_01_sfnt_off0001102c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1102C 10596 bytes
SHA-256: a38fcc850074734c6a46814c2fd86866eb88dd6fc532b6c03371419cbd1fae06
font_02_sfnt_off00012889.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12889 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1