Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a116c0d5cad988a5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-09-17 07:08:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: ef776fd6ac2dd4b2b07dfb9e975be7c4 SHA-1: 395bb5f57a0377e72332e325fa8d7c4baffca3fe SHA-256: a116c0d5cad988a5d7b5835f0829f8f8a977e31479547f01781ca307e25ef24b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. Heuristics indicate it contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing or malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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 http://cityclick.it/userfiles/files/31091573818.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.colline-eternelle.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gubagukuzusejaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morakothotel.com/file_media/file_image/file/xigomus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braindevelopmentmaps-org.neurondevelopment.org/userfiles/files/libiparut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/obvaq0ublqi7ell4nonvo5030t/41251710585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dd-eng.com/files/files/69873320525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161341977a455e---94704340855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thechitay.com/uploads/userfiles/file/baminazudikedidonesumoxol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.s-prom.si/fileupload/file/40469459814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-miyaco.com/img/file/20219220512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nineslash.com/user_file/file/16606451378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80age2amlc.xn--80adxhks/pics/images/file/35410768143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tortsurprise.ru/upload/redactor/files/75843537843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a9c54058a9---dizone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioarchperissinotto.eu/userfiles/files/9091343574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stthomasorthodoxchurchsouthpampady.com/userfiles/file/57853152508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosplay-expo.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wozazifisala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://attlas.center/userfiles/file/mipozibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hizirferforje.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/images/file/26606640471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquamedicasatumare.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54979065451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recko.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sudekowutegefuxunakolosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maximaviajes.com/FCKfiles/file/5260319489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161369a256a61f---34253721576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=tv+series+index+ofPDF 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_off0000e743.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE743 19804 bytes
SHA-256: 229b494e8ece6c554220da46802b3084a4055d337729846bdf1d80326a530497
font_01_sfnt_off00011b0d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B0D 10172 bytes
SHA-256: 4aa87c5e1dd85da59702cb95da687f8a67865334627ad3bdccdd8fd71d79c1a5
font_02_sfnt_off000131f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131F3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1