Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a01dde3dbaba7c28…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 06:55:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 6172a88efe51cf7b34a419f895535fe0 SHA-1: 3a348f1492f90568f9304b80c6597b58dece38c1 SHA-256: a01dde3dbaba7c287d6719bfb2ff2023f06823820d675d3a78c9667a91aedf00
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external resources, many of which are hosted on disposable domains or compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of embedded URLs and the heuristic 'PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK' further support the conclusion that this file is designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tetrabiblos+free+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://aokman-drive.com/d/files/xudozazogeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afaa0bd636a---bemuzajulimanulaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://martonelektro.hu/files/file/muzobatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://girc.ncue.edu.tw/ckfinder/ckfiles/files/80177543410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shmgec.com/Uploadfiles/files/2620793641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e530859eccf5b0ffd628263c29440f8/67662789727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h3qkp3rhln7ce0bdjc0ina6in4/5400995973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariobubiniregini.eu/userfiles/files/8199181634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a78cedd2dad6edfa331c09f1dbf9995e/58584591145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birizgardenhotel.com/userfiles/file/74591630147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lammensfilip.be/uploads/files/pajabivel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://booklandbooks.com/userfiles/file/vujodotikibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ffafbff3d13---33813711248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1874b6ac84bb30f95ea61871f9489fe/rovamiropim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.restaurant-latableedevercel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2488293722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsinc.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ba9df81c387c6c1a9d97f7c20672135/5449748083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pro-biomed.com/admin/userfiles/file/46909678258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aadharshilaschool.org/userfiles/file/kolagipumizan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160872d86ac736---20287533906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ace3c50c16---bamobopozakanepal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecilingirler.com/resimler/files/nasufizofore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipsgroupjjn.org/userfiles/file/34592582992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44bf7f65bbe8501c3dc207b76c8d4ae7/manakaxapawutonakufewelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jessicarossitto.com/clients/7/7c/7c16b8c799dae9ffcd1258f31d6ff645/File/65179519009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctyrkolky-gamax.cz/data/dokumenty/99063565151.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_off0001276a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1276A 16868 bytes
SHA-256: 103ba798e9b88d8df72da9c05eb9f6a1a08f212d7872ce027baab0611c70f7b5
font_01_sfnt_off0001539d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1539D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00016bb4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16BB4 10488 bytes
SHA-256: ae2065bfea7b0c364f5ca889daa9107ddb61338dd74d8f23b76662d3aca39db6