Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a75aeb900cf14173…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 15:31:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: dec644fd62191cef6b7a9a5d5c69c97e SHA-1: f260e924a8971cb4f600bd1a8a49e7511742a909 SHA-256: a75aeb900cf1417370813cf4c4c8f4262a5d4b4eb4ca659c6a88c9518f6921d3
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to download and execute malicious payloads. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm designed to host malicious files, with multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or trojan delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://shqinze.net/admin/upimg/file///fagava.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://e-hane.com/files/72943329579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilghirlandaio.it/userfiles/files/71662844171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ping-property.com/user_img/files/zubiwaruba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083fe2dd63b5---ragat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lacecinella.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/5218927875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd4ad07ef5352dc1506a59d558112ae9/31933485528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lso-msm.fr/userfiles/file/26883125545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bagstyle.uz/images/file/solitodumazidogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85c460d221df7d4f4e55648b96775814/78667168030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ducthanhtam.com/uploads/userfiles/file/92517713410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160975e66d3c29---3350599903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimdaiphatsteel.com/Images_upload/files/82635234589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usefchina.com/uploadfile/file///2021072100360863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mgs-on-track.com/uploads/misc/files/45669096516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techniq.ae/admin/uploadfiles/file/7633449426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megaprestige.ru/uploads/files/salerubewar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c865f52257---zanevuzigawawulev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forumhrdbekasi.com/webroot/userfiles/files/gazijafepojagijegafokitit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stmarys-perthamboy.com/upload/File/tebexenunasazunisuwuxipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serextion2006.com/js/upload/files/dogogelen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glowskincare.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6481e43327a34b0ade91b5c35adfb74d/bexonom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6526d68cf555908e5f098b0af100b318/jojeminux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vswet.ru/f/jizeroz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://henanshuangxin.com/d/files/17129692867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sorokolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/88374576230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookkorea.net/userfiles/file/nametamedokujitudetal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuanyoujie.vip/userfiles/file/21868304047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=true+prayer+true+power+charles+spurgeon+pdfPDF 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_off0000e97f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE97F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010196.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10196 11072 bytes
SHA-256: a822897258b0b5ceec95f2a0b3b9f91e6a3c577930c264c52d26d45eac208fb0
font_02_sfnt_off00011b43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B43 17732 bytes
SHA-256: f53f0f8ae610f9377924b32666c7f9a98e328ae7041d59edb8aabaee43594094