Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a67d9310ae151a42…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.3 KB Created: 2021-07-31 00:03:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 02c44a6df83235870dd029ad0107e806 SHA-1: 8fcbe15e78120b14caabcc0505ac6424c73bda7f SHA-256: a67d9310ae151a42167f9da5d7736402383c3143009b9e72450bad2d32ed61fb
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a likely phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the embedded links are the primary attack vector.

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 https://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bosch+ts3000+manual+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081c4bb7c352---25841440509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coinproject.com/userfiles/image/file/79769558642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607291367eeea---82873807058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://songiadabinhphuoc.com/upload/ck/files/79772526597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://criteriacambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/419vcfg0ltet57p0c7fstmq74j/8219583171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://outsourcedbackoffice.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2915b8196a715bb6ad47a0a4715eb49/21970974790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9cf7890c13---dufewopek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cwlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfe02e2f9b68806b9f6cc788d4be372b/11847056582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--j1aai7d.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/welaturunazobofarow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sibleyestateplanning.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/18364141156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccswcd.com/userfiles/file/15721495174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhk-aindling.de/userfiles/files/pisoxejuzejudelor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robotics-institute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/635gpav81iggqmltv5od3u35fe/71794619526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pensjonatagat.pl/userfiles/file/98886616507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4048ca79f01efc97dc07f8ee32c98bcd/sedalekerados.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langmypham.com/luutru/files/lazexenagigiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationforexcellence.com/clients/66491/File/sexozaladamisivakugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vjrbbe9m388qglnrdkc353lgkc/litoger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncsccalgary.com/userfiles/files/fefavuxipusumojado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d483c83d6a6680938f2a8f80ddfecf60/33687632992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagumul.com/file_upload/spaw_upload/file/20210510071839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q2r6uog36qkt672gkj04mifnu5/59065518419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072d11c07e13---75102587604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f4b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4B9 11008 bytes
SHA-256: 8de170b44c7c7c7ffa74321f8c40ce5c645a3f4c799fb1210cd0a2f8426de4a6
font_01_sfnt_off00010e2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E2D 19248 bytes
SHA-256: 71b4d0d9aefbaa68ca58aa3c1cd4f326cf4e63957a6b27268c462beee48369b2
font_02_sfnt_off00013e8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E8E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1