Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a386e96081990df8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 15:20:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 6a6be6975e7a03051a358a49f562719a SHA-1: 94118526ec10b4326468a0bec11b8ff4609d666e SHA-256: a386e96081990df80ebd1a3ab241f8f69a316acc55fb44ec6853703c7cda751b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document that contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded URLs suggest an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0cd62f21ef4db6e44880fbcd237ae03e/32419002666.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://almar-bus.pl/userfiles/file/77530929418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vejwun.cz/images/15878228737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suadienlanhhanoi.net/upload/files/1314354234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupahatak.pl/admin/_fck_files/file/madebimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansensvenner.dk/imagesfile///78613125539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04001755de5154a71138fb362ee756bb/60652215325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amctop.com/board_data/editor_img/file/202106061800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://outsourcedbackoffice.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/300d6838697c356c4a3674135638b9fe/zabiragugav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carraracucinecomponibilitrapani.it/userfiles/files/86569622163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160869db9051d6---77247651034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guyfamilyreunion.com/clients/41950/File/pokelirawalufar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taitung-house.com/CKEdit/upload/files/9252116567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49d0959bf752dfae843e554445835ca9/28486113435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio2.net/contents//files/sibajizafetupel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doktor-okonski.pl/uploadimg/file/zepuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hylimusic.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/90018543473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ca5d139e4c---padiwijunugutuzupemusoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firmen-bekleidung.at/userfiles/file/kosawomel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://union-montage.pl/userfiles/file/bezuriropejotimevunokig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4905b2847323665a2d9e136d5f1ea00/bubuvapedupasusasonujomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fritz-fahrlaender.ch/download/retemusawirumeleripiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qbuildsoftware.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85d30b4c186cf1ec1326f60df50c3f91/22683259150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motelandratecuci.ro/userfiles/file/37856529835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8977d1e628---61121473916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=maths+addition+and+subtraction+worksheets+for+grade+1+pdfPDF 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_off0000d7de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7DE 16188 bytes
SHA-256: a1156f931c8c6732bd09bf47207b973dbbef172663b664ba891394969bb1a232
font_01_sfnt_off00010161.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10161 11316 bytes
SHA-256: b45bdc2a634893e3ce9217a7a8e0a83e079c66a36e707cb79342cc107f297691
font_02_sfnt_off00011bab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BAB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1