Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7e75d50c317cc167…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.8 KB Created: 2021-09-17 16:28:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 21333184ced9a76a379a1d9f6a73039a SHA-1: b8638fcaedbbb811fe949455431e17a3e53665d6 SHA-256: 7e75d50c317cc1679eda1d173b00c5b7af1ca63b97f0f3b56684a3cd7e1a57cd
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are consistent with techniques used to deliver second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9959

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.
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=boku+no+hero+academia+season+3+kissanime PDF link annotation
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161429f3b743dd---33337739020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inkjetartandimage.com/Uploads/file/73063940503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monyetjoget.com/contents/files/weritulokarilanofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baoveantam.org/upload/files/84769841806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eventclub.pl/userfiles/file/85745977544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capitolmetrophysicaltherapy.com/userfiles/file/73445266443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46c3450442daf2732774acc0703f037b/52348176512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mondoaudio.it/img/uploaded/file/6020408567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://castilloexterior.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kivobelarut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drivingschool-brno.eu/files/zugijobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobilenmr.com/files/files/9437560033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://designbeginnings.com/upload/file/41728863314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bc2000.order-pro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65233303489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mya1fc.com/files/ckuploads/files/buwajusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viadagio.be/userfiles/file/25262833659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140bb118fe42---ladereso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90aoa5aj.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60191263574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trust-law-firm.com/userfiles/file/20210910040711_954626975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dungcucaytrong.com/images/files/41594494871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82m0mvj7dnqs1mrcbb0rng7ga2/32947630756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://associazionemusicaviva.it/uploads/file/rirokeluresutaremivikuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f7e68cf8d4---lafogubakovumotodilowow.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://elmbbq.com/uploads/files/xodupu.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_off0000afdf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAFDF 15448 bytes
SHA-256: fd59c5188366724d7261cc382244ecafab7cc7366b3193c12c8e539b2ee95263
font_01_sfnt_off0000d6d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6D3 10908 bytes
SHA-256: fc13842ce86e06411b90f45831a98d6bb380d4d165d9ea093cd5573e3b6f0274
font_02_sfnt_off0000efeb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFEB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1