Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a481269de0ad2a81…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.3 KB Created: 2021-08-06 05:04:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: dc24e584bad113df0fbf5f3a6d01bf82 SHA-1: d3b94fa279b0ba35789b67f0456d4b69c56d5c1c SHA-256: a481269de0ad2a81d396131104aed00fe4eb8439ea6604ed74e20978aa6106f0
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous embedded URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting. These links likely serve to distribute further malware or lead users to phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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://bestorkate.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/85428817368.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pahsclassof2005.com/clients/d/d6/d61c4c031b0f3af13d3e88110ef3a3e1/File/linedosojorexogirinemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dd02fc3d5b---kepawijafenaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nextgenship.net/upload/file/20210628162488717372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapenya.cat/imgjovesnaves/file/73256531323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellina.pl/userfiles/file/rojigadopewizisabinew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1mbo633tobbhumk49piod8nr4/91040765865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.demetagras.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3a3e7572e---6305406318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcc79146e3e---91796123953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szkolka-wiercioch.pl/files/file/lufavibamaxubiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sangiorgioautoservizi.com/userfiles/files/zidutigasivifodifomorev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://didopack.com/files/6973892533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/madumivajusis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01589823d8de6fe1c507d8c5dbd5c66e/mogutapifij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bajajsports.com/userfiles/file/kiroxuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nen1r7ijnqr0rvnb9gpsnd6g98/77173395993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081d6f666952---9061294595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yizhu580.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/keriruzelidavak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brenno-tojestto.pl/userfiles/file/68599247044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac8a6d8bbb4---rakesunanupibupipitizos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://andrejc.si/files/file/74725166515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midiabyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/511bb2745e814bf3ca116563394c3624/17268827484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4e5806e749---pabaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=javafx+for+dummies+source+codePDF 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_off0000f5fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5FB 10648 bytes
SHA-256: 0ac430370262caf30753a5d518024654576733ebc0a24941d2df9b01dd64c91a
font_01_sfnt_off00010e71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E71 18260 bytes
SHA-256: 5ffdbe4e337e34bca9da722cdebdecce2ea78d4cfe1033f1b199e55c57979c50
font_02_sfnt_off00013ed3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13ED3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1