Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9df12b267338432d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-08-23 15:20:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: be6b153e4443e5424effc449c9b64150 SHA-1: c82c44f65f4ff53e0e68bdf3b834027a54ce2daa SHA-256: 9df12b267338432d5f5abb4eb011907201de21650c0dec4dcf573169e6a74104
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The PDF structure and embedded links indicate it's designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=medical+record+retention+and+destruction+policy+2020 PDF link annotation
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbot9jfrm7pa0ksqjvif1b1lf0/paribaravomikoxarasuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donauwell.at/userfiles/file/67398798577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba0a2750c22---besagozom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kmsehcei28kkuqpk5oeonibpp5/50283441500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yakutiaprime.ru/SITE/files/editor/file/zukibidijesowikaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8941b807690cc72840ce11d693bf16e0/sevigamowatokemazer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n8e750jdl8mkhcql8fda61opb7/bazowivowefupid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caigeshi.com/uploadfile/file/2021060215421573499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elateridae.com/images/FCKeditor/file/koridub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebbers-schilderwerken.nl/uploads/files/62149199215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16111a39605a83---kuvixerogenofunoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elitelawnsolutions.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7uce871mqav5jcobskooa75s4/gerimiluteveloravo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villabrown.it/userfiles/files/11849275097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conniecorsentino.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/17755124241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benedictinoselrosal.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wamuselakikodag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2c020522e388ef0e9b193e240865a5f/teliwapemafesaloze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/js2qt9i16m84796ravqgnrjotn/pagizosajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyogytornasziget.hu/uploads/files/29742769513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dansobentre.net/uploads/file/44035385899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nfgjt0pfgnklr6htf3kke9urs0/jojaragutosata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nutronicltd.com/userfiles/file/32524283795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cateringkieuan.com/uploads/userfiles/file/9259213072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lesson-online.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5971ceacm5vpbt3a9p48m05n4/15717129918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.nz/upload/dewuraberonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drairtools.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38176968210.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_off0000e249.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE249 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA60 10956 bytes
SHA-256: c733ec032163391a13e4661413d4c3d3a6d57de3f4ea1b81954f3bfa3f8b80c8
font_02_sfnt_off000113ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113EF 17024 bytes
SHA-256: eb962fec9b176831b16905b8034e8ff8060bc5b56a105c2dd8e6bde69d527bd0