Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a59dedd033f4fdfd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.9 KB Created: 2021-09-24 04:15:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 0e61fe9e08e081e3f34d7ddba1122173 SHA-1: ed5e4079e74082c98f1ab5338529c655efebc9f9 SHA-256: a59dedd033f4fdfde7ef3504542fa7e4e30ebd81ab157ad3946011ae206b7f26
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and ML classifiers indicate a high probability of maliciousness. The document contains a large number of embedded links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics strongly indicate a malicious intent to redirect users to harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9829

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://mikllc.mn/uploads/files/kudazixuxepudusaza.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fd226b274ee9d30d8305a3fb6b27d56/29388399280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612feef2e3af7---48828623389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bayanairag.com/uploads/userfiles/files/16420256902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jerseybankruptcylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/natebinudasofediludamodan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b593b439f43863ed7be78c32e78e169a/voborivapuzosugit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sumtinathholidays.com/admin/uploadfiles/file/zovofekerusekewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miyadenthai.com/image/upload/File/72016683152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rapn.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92960673959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sor1310.com/userfiles/file/dibavidabop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pizzeriadevita.it/userfiles/files/nogoxalebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e2f021419c---fekokikivijomorinez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kimtuong.vn/isc/public/files/fckupload/file/85705205619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alasclub.gr/neuro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fevitafiluzexomuxunanika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariovianello.eu/userfiles/files/xubesuveledonuzeruloga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://linker.tw/files/ruvezod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaztelcom.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25575143503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cafegreenwichvillage.com/uploads/files/53139516482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kozelsk-adm.ru/files/uploads/files/bizavixoman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15797e95aa12be7434a15197a8fc2ef8/gejuzexilileluvag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d70233e4c9d5fe0030280e80a7c6813/pomekijusewizinis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67b03006635a3e977786544f0583eb6d/wovoxepilenesufit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161381e1d63465---55417236146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8o359lmc5cb64f48egoq94r304/judewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotarent.tw/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210922_BE7731EE9AB7E275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yangs-ns.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210913010324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=go+keyboard+androidPDF 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_off0000cd0a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD0A 17748 bytes
SHA-256: efa8929ff82d0b0cf8df9704eef49c95ae85690e77185237f4c9a2ba3a6e5d00
font_01_sfnt_off0000faf7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAF7 10312 bytes
SHA-256: 4404a70bd5108289bb8f0f2cefd0692f89fa24267cac782b7064dfc4f6b24c1b
font_02_sfnt_off00011252.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11252 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1