Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a321894744e85a99…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-07-09 21:52:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2629902039f67bb3e58c6b04e8c479c9 SHA-1: b14fd7c54eedec67a9f05c84c9bc3c9744dd5b6c SHA-256: a321894744e85a99e4771521329409a5ed6f20f909c3725da3e654516822caf0
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document exhibits characteristics of a malicious phishing or malware distribution attempt. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting an effort to obscure the true destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further indicate malicious intent, likely involving the download of a second-stage payload or redirection to a phishing page.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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 http://gezond-trakteren.nl/kasteel-doornenburg-img/bestandenfile/85562814003.pdf
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75137439718ab3598c6244902726b1fa/xakimiligij.pdf
    • http://garderoba.sk/images/_file/gemuporuwir.pdf
    • http://bensonlandscape.com/editorData/file/fanerebegetodugubesu.pdf
    • https://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b57ca3528a---80079980731.pdf
    • http://thunderstar.cn/userfiles/file/20210619041155718765948.pdf
    • http://webcertain.net/contentupload/fckeditorUploads/organization_/file/60010877586.pdf
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72c912cb99501f67d24e3c44e392cd69/tafoferofajeliku.pdf
    • http://rapet.hu/files/ponuwilajebogalo.pdf
    • http://cmtoolsrental.com/user_img/files/bupasegobakiz.pdf
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ku3e4v345gpfr9i0rege7qhtm3/mavitupivewosepe.pdf
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g9i5ant707klh0a0eoqn8f77i5/veburifabot.pdf
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1979e46ea78cd780733c5ad83a0d758/21774535171.pdf
    • https://ltssinternational.com/res/wysiwyg/file/39410103818.pdf
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fo8fu7u5qtre6gj8sdpkrhdmka/gedebalamudafifeko.pdf
    • https://psychologgia.pl/Upload/file/tibuguf.pdf
    • http://szpitalstrzelin.pl/userfiles/files/bamumewifetorujugajejagi.pdf
    • http://supermarketdv.ru/files/file/45912369364.pdf
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075aa8f17ee7---57615022087.pdf
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6urbam20j5ud20fruukptk0ci/bunawide.pdf
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096a5ac784a4---puxujavojoganewejevivusu.pdf
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3r3mmdgttvckppp97fogjl7hvj/jiwowaro.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=preparation+of+ketones+from+acyl+chlorides
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ec8a.bin
454538fb7054e200126fde61886aafa35aadbc33f93facaa94117e6700a30001
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC8A 11092 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001063e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1063E 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011e50.bin
e80b23ef51fa4a5ce3b99ea34dd47d7416f3903174dd12f76b8459989d6d3c51
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E50 17996 bytes