Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a226a4593b90e4a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-08-09 06:04:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: d857d08f31edf2e4547ed66156fde403 SHA-1: 0a5f742f755b8058929e3b8d8fb4592ea91b7f13 SHA-256: a226a4593b90e4a75a1af330b9c022769ac838515b91bf2c5d957d2365087cce
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4pk24gre721suan9rldu8huvv4/ronexime.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7d1579a9194d636bf4e8fdbecebe79c/mowatizojazopugizimuven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tocbirsen.org.tr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98214989593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aae96b83bc4---fosimifoloxatanonofobejen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://multifamilyfoundation.org/clients/3/38/38c33163524538bb895552046de0b362/File/xijujetodikone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://opsclown.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94914186596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://payassistinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c987eeea86---3069569393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fogln803jisdkvgigcm4r8rj8m/98268974538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n95america.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a06bbb5412be7d8a2b71cac678e07a5/96990831267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weifong.tw/fckimages/file/bajote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgpropertylawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d202e627b63c5644b3c16295523569d9/jirejijepegedifazatodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelclinton.it/userfiles/files/94344891438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suarezbeltran.com/aym_images/files/44980017561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085d756ad916---zelexetawimoduwanotoruvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidareemantenerepavimentifaidate.it/userfiles/files/60272701481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aprilboya.com/userfiles/file/tutusokomijivimedegavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majubesar.info/contents//files/56196448478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e167fbaf929---kugofupufumuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shellserva.nl/docs/Image/file/jajidigirasatugutefuxenof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d94d7bb03aa---xubidogajipigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fujavietnam.com/images/Download/47624111875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/vezurusukawelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://horgaszvelem.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jinevedetologuzewudejefej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=printable+calendar+march+2021+verticalPDF 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_off0000f295.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF295 17364 bytes
SHA-256: 9b544956577b9e47c9b0cebf39f4d27ab5bf108470001e5d6778051d09bec9af
font_01_sfnt_off00012037.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12037 10848 bytes
SHA-256: 12ceafe59dd8701bd49a937f5cc5ab7d9af82a46ac82d8b11013caabce13cc83
font_02_sfnt_off0001391f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1391F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1