Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 91288efb934e429f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-07-25 23:25:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 814105124bb6acd425fd2df0e346c592 SHA-1: f58f714ec570bc5af59451563f1cbdcbc357c61f SHA-256: 91288efb934e429f8978c86e252d0c81bccdfacfc239da81f91c6b61cbe11c40
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are consistent with attempts to redirect users to malicious content, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for obfuscation or execution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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://studiorumeo.it/userfiles/files/vibirikufoxegetixujuruzot.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://msamerica.net/clients/873634/File/tetux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/4557483720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://melz-feu.ru/upload/dasulide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ju54tpqbe4knetee4gu3s3s0c/90208191350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f513217602---vidijagini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnadaoil.com/userfiles/file/dimovelawavufiroxumefevul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haileylusk.com/clients/e/e6/e6412a3df854040bfb282c4f37eddf02/File/nujojetokifovujuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msamerica.net/clients/873634/File/34975156467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krukewittfarms.com/userfiles/file/4168971406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montagnobozzone.it/userfiles/files/woxojotobirumaramijepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096a25d9b669---69635579451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c93d5228f453db5bb43106ea4781bf12/24387419095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adams-gold.ru/archive/image/file/narizulibofeboserakebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bababad5cf8---58693582407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096a458a5748---14025104347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anaminfo.com/attachfile/file/46240875474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actioncoach.com.my/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b28338e26e---kaxebarojiwasilenedek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhatngungoisaoxanh.com/upload/files/gopisufuwepudaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tara77.com/clients/46590/File/8301683736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8df51e9af---mazizikoripugatorokada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doubles301.jp/files/ckeditor/files/gefuduvotedafidibuwat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be64b7b93be---furibalefivatenogenin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/47119624865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alarrabnews.com/images/content/content/file/xigoxajidubolofokexafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosalesrep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02f9245c20318699e1bfad66b611d820/66118798172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=does+thrustmaster+t500rs+work+on+xbox+onePDF 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_off0000ea18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA18 17600 bytes
SHA-256: a3593f0742a4ecc37a8b2639db8919b461dff62562e2703c6b78406a7ec61f00
font_01_sfnt_off00011846.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11846 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001305d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1305D 11012 bytes
SHA-256: abee6bc31a62ba83efab6a1473195b2caa0bda110ecbd291d8b585ec5d0d19cc