Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a721b67bfa53f9ed…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 16:31:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 4b0458cd108cb569d000ac10ca0ebd56 SHA-1: a1787018dddf84dbfc6b007aaafd9e35b1024aec SHA-256: a721b67bfa53f9ed6a805dd87195522bebcc7d9eb0f8c864dfefbf71df24a724
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to host malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious PDF droppers.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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 https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0d29015c1b---rajugetavewuxifememokus.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086cf80c0e7c---lazevuxaturolokox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.restaurant-latableedevercel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wewiduwodarekakalexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhasachnguyenvancu.com/Images_upload/files/54254103287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jh1j71cmm2fieocdb43602i143/xefepividuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rhoptik.cz/klienti/devel/sneznerolby.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kojotivexubipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4tbcu49ttvgqg9hc1hktintps6/25671965077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/62620517294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saaegfpolis.org.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tobekugafexawikuvebej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.federatedlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e09ec9e8b85d71d84e48f974251fe7b/30934920762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://outsourcedbackoffice.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ffb7742a37ce2558e873398623d3834/88189472991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160793295aef5e---78372199453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caphegiabao.com/upload/fck/file/buserulenipidonudejibef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982a9da2fe8---zigekomepusixazexal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniquecharacters.com/upload/files/mobozasobaluwodepiniw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3229643d0300c69de50451806551c6b2/jefilisitubeditev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stallingreunion.com/clients/a/a3/a37dbb3dca22f8cb40f44de83fe48269/File/vetetoziwenabutelivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boumqueur-edition.com/upload/fckeditor/file/gofetaripogir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/natoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8a3a6a239e---8393896217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paeonia.ch/userfiles/files/96703655989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ks-puyuma.com/CKEdit/upload/files/rumesusofilexubefawewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=bryco+arms+model+48PDF 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_off0000f971.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF971 18484 bytes
SHA-256: 2d28888a5e168889b19013456a09a3a9ba7e9d39f4d53ec06a6b25bace01c5fd
font_01_sfnt_off000129af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129AF 10688 bytes
SHA-256: 8ece475ab187b2791026c94cb70d7a3b05b8b061c37673cab80dbfca662ffc11
font_02_sfnt_off0001425b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1425B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1