Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a434754585041063…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-08-19 05:02:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 53d4b9487ae1c7ff6efc36c2a83514b1 SHA-1: 62d1a69dd4c5429a4ffca615982940c4538b899a SHA-256: a43475458504106307fa48307594bc51d1fa27a9baea8fffa44161041067cb21
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure strongly indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely initiated via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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://biurod9.pl/public/userfiles/file/90313250277.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/771a5e7be76a5f9524f31e0cc0a67adb/gevogixumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luathoanghuy.com/uploads/files/31738055521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vistobrasil.net/uploads/file/fenusonodufijagesuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kevinmcallisterlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/78707054757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160703fbd8af9d---rezorixomukavegumare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c66d495e2707201f15713418f61c1e37/13400593952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jatyn.cn/upfiles/202105/file/1620661890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087fa729552c---xawekebevobabozekakuworo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c53bb76d119---topevebuduludez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giga-tronics.com/userfiles/files/53325905406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chrisdepanneservices.fr/Sites/cds/files/sefobilusigazasim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b62fe466f15---61359116920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a809196ce01---93774833545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoakhanh.vn/uploads/image/files/jozipotipukulow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zpb-maciejewski.pl/upload/fck/file/91399175817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinarioassociatopacinidallatorre.eu/userfiles/files/jekogesinupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/661d970e0d2f39da35b8e79f5c36c4c9/31971713448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da308a7581df851d0b9bb42e601b034a/75065052098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chesapeake-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35fc2d6d27079f5db5966c424e1e44aa/44442127500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160edd0a57a3f2---19839912129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/160b5582be3545---zotewonivulozonasawares.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e53784a0c81894f1f6295be8fd3acb2d/15321292352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=taylor+ice+cream+machine+c712+manualPDF 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_off0000e84c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE84C 17300 bytes
SHA-256: 502d5015c5829d3f71b6344244b6d3f85e6d31ede183b0199e13146417a346e7
font_01_sfnt_off0001153a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1153A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012d51.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D51 10628 bytes
SHA-256: 4b5ec23e39a3a6330196c90c61750a6c52f4b543f1b8f66d4643fe6c3c80b2e3