Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a01679df4cc50808…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.1 KB Created: 2021-07-27 19:04:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 5dc1b9fd36444cc778a10f87601c07f5 SHA-1: 06298c733860de84c2e6bf3ff61b093a0ec541ca SHA-256: a01679df4cc50808eef71538be767e138896e07502a83dfbc485262486b06fb2
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, evidenced by numerous links pointing to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious PDF documents designed to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k1upaf6dgonjdvi1cc4m0vgcv7/marodoligonupiju.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.highlandmetals.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b22e0bbbc1d---gimidapiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toastwarenhuis.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/relowedavuwekevunopiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160806eff200ec---fuxenuzuvagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purevdavaa.mn/uploads/ckfinder/files/59636956848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ba4cb8825759c5d7107c15df1cfa442/35015068940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.valathors.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81167490392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apcmagon.com/userfiles/bejerevuzeguviresit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teusz.pl/UserFiles/file/67843286689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/pukopelimopafob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://darienhigh69.com/clients/866565/File/fubibukuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d6d4bf02d6296070c2a3645df1afaba/11515713223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wlao.on.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ecd9bc05808d2832e66b877d2c37bed/20640084453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/866a6bca080edc3ab7d7c9ed40cc5a9c/58444806081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072e59b9a192---gowaretatomokuwuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birudongker.com/contents//files/27788656574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bogelaipigeon.com/upload/file/85573024204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090ccd82e160---sulolexotuniwewex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netron.pt/app/webroot/media/files/toponujutamoxotok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digifast.cz/userfiles/buxovuluwebesovogigaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qsuqbkfjfpaefr948tt2m6l9f2/34405825163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baovephuongtroi.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/77433230243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=f1+manager+tips+series+6PDF 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_off00010337.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10337 10624 bytes
SHA-256: 9062962433fe2046a00e8ffbef98a4760631603d90338c45040e15b9c4467e30
font_01_sfnt_off00011b85.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B85 18200 bytes
SHA-256: 2fe116a0994118b44196e8f038f5e0701a82aff7b105f5c0105d1243b43fc239
font_02_sfnt_off00014acd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14ACD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1