Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a23aebf7befd7a46…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-09-08 12:26:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: e408c5f7e79669c31cb0a23a5cbb6fdc SHA-1: 6777877223a9ed7699c1ba4c19ae025cc8c1e024 SHA-256: a23aebf7befd7a462a6c5bd85ebb689e6d634bb6b41df48445a8539d8c79302e
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The file was detected by ClamAV as a Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and ML classifiers also flagged it as malicious. Heuristics indicate the PDF contains links to algorithmically-generated URLs and points to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document delivery mechanisms.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ef2072b64c---wasirudotosen.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://irish-setter-zucht.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90466980798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quangcaosmsgiare.com/media/ftp/file/xibadosumudofexokam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nataliashishkina.com/userfiles/file/41848837566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingegneriarossi.it/userfiles/files/61566235840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saikunghouse.hk/userfiles/zapixunuxudupogikelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xindeshiye.com/uploadfile/file///2021090404144272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schachverein-marchhoefe.ch/fcsr/news/upload/file/kanedaditilomoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manu-transport.com/documents/file/posil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camgloberealtor.com/userfiles/file/86419455868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6ab2d34dd3714feb9ce79b792079481/janekenedikitexol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cancelaria.pl/galeria/file/gapanefedafefaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harrisitalia.it/uploads/file/kikugejewivedixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goacetours.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81955489917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntpuvoice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zexarafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fa7871362ba14405366d3d30ee87328/xuwagogeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tempegaring.com/contents/files/59022607354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehedgerowchronicles.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xatuxikudedenojiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://officegate.biz/admin/fck_upload/file/zejubolonupon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://datacomsystems.cz/userfiles/file/xolixutetozirogerakale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entrackintl.com/uploads/91866593846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulfcans.com/home/madarmun/public_html/gulfcans/images/bulk_images/files/22605791350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomedicoveterinariobellucci.eu/userfiles/files/jitofalejegagujibatoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dialog-seversk.ru/jsplugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73394624316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s5vnlhln3burs0vtqn28ufue16/10586352563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azulejositurry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q18ej77cir2l01eakgqci0pi64/jugazozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoroman-service.ro/imagini_ws/22364025708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=sweet+home+tillie+cole+pdf+espa%C3%B1olPDF 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_off0000ddc8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDC8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5DA 17732 bytes
SHA-256: 317c6d25a4986f4e4e98a684432aeebf3ba3d7218567e0a4cfc23eeba26a93ac
font_02_sfnt_off000123c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123C9 11048 bytes
SHA-256: eb0bea5c35653b77a5003cab3e91d915f3be892d073c35dadb0958a22b7113b7