Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7f033fe531f4bcdc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-07-20 05:02:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: e11c744be3e4ede42b91e8faa5a516df SHA-1: 1abf248f59888164c32bd1bb1bc4708fe1b0f1a7 SHA-256: 7f033fe531f4bcdcbe2197f91d879edba08cbdc1ac10b10d6d9a307efef4fe26
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings point towards the use of embedded links to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://alphasigmaoverseas.com/userfiles/file/xenewesejiwotesole.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e53ec2bd0561ab6c748626acdf144234/vodav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ytbozhuo.com/upload/file/110810075557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuahuyhoang.com/media/ftp/file/62245102119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yacpa.org/yacpafiles/file/sanivixibakikopotofan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mediawerf.nl/bundles/store24backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46242832127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608469300eecb---felumumokar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090ce1f7e0f8---piwigelezesibutawasevogem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://51www.org/uploadfile/file/2c46d873e9a092c2744138f748308213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carszana.com/image/upload/File/64979469403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d7g51l2ho2v98upebkru2t3uv/37934346534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160877d7d70cd0---74893874998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautyreviveshop.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/zuvomowikolowujebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082798b1f20e---67783884287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac9f888764ce299de6bd9d83834f055b/venujotirevebed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f14d5873b2e---wopogaxevisunomipijiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ea517d1b3f785061d687c8feba768ea/fekelafagoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travellightnepal.com/userfiles/file/61006040317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rld-carbon.ru/file/89480989460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/99082147002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075be93dfcc5---85882255856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nessium.fr/userfiles/file/xaputato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=on+snapchat+what+does+the+yellow+heart+meanPDF 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_off0000ec6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC6E 10912 bytes
SHA-256: bd5544a3bf022b27e5e26e14013d5ff92254ca427af1028c1c6c1f6aaacad76c
font_01_sfnt_off000105a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105A6 16976 bytes
SHA-256: d9feded6eb9060e6ea34a50bbf31ad6450572b12a93fe787217a54d000e928d5
font_02_sfnt_off000131c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131C8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1