Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a650f47e60ccc67b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.8 KB Created: 2021-07-05 10:41:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: ab4d769f8e4fce4252d994cfc8f78de9 SHA-1: 005661c7d7ee5988a956d4106505607c6c1aa05f SHA-256: a650f47e60ccc67b0571f5d36dc225c2b6358e7da9d84c197f665f63bd4a747b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a high number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a likely phishing or spam campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. No scripts were extracted, but the extensive link farm is sufficient evidence of a malicious campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9910

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://ulrike-mayer.de/userfiles/files/gizipidixunixebize.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://beautifulmoda.com/userfiles/files/56743223232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luingpyrex.cz/foto/Image/file/82083848061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://higher-reason.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v7074hteko0hbcvl51dqm9r6d9/ligadadikefemelani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prana.video/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6esaui1fjkric1fknnd1iv2jli/jenadatuwodejudateluwezaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160991adba0207---88062098165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purpledoorchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608db25d0de48---33558624718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4ac334c514---12234256945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rcot.org/userfiles/file/sijowolixasolawaxalimus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://4appsoftware.it/file/61313239871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04fe60fe80a3ddeb9250cd0a2251fa47/samagusabokavatuxomuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q25md6sfkl9tp26u2eng2hn7ib/89726152340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cesnek-vysocina.cz/UserFiles/File/51031512597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baovevietnam-vnss.com/upload/file/nedutividerixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160829aa98c9ac---24620831238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wienbildarchiv.com/upload_files/files/ripekumukanena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsforwarriors.org/userfiles/files/53749577670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b74251db55---40794099750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/idnhas2m2tmg9spirbhdg9j6e1/98287080229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medicamarsala.it/userfiles/files/94763852353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be99b965dd3---fusinuwuwonanumobev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089f11d43d04---pumekazivozagepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=the+meg+streaming+freePDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00011e09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E09 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001361b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1361B 18000 bytes
SHA-256: ab641be58ce43297578e85d4152a48b271c2b4625953e6c79aab7279b223dd99
font_02_sfnt_off000164ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x164FF 10460 bytes
SHA-256: 1a4a167a431495203c4f211530bff112279acf8e9475ad78328be2bea2ed33be
font_03_sfnt_off00017c7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17C7D 2024 bytes
SHA-256: 5c1140497c8f06a672d431afdd077771f4aa2bbed61c8e6ff1241e457371c2c0