Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a7c90be883083132…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.6 KB Created: 2021-07-04 22:36:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 44e11c450012681a7602cb38dce9ed91 SHA-1: 72715c1d9277dd014ab9023a9d9341c7bba87544 SHA-256: a7c90be8830831322967157e557409d2519586bf946174f2dda3261cb8784410
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many of which point to compromised WordPress installations and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9941

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://isagenixmakessense.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dafuve.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f7568b9ed1---96784654214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://devison-matras.com/upload/file/pibosanikijufuwoxoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t3abmg2v5o02ttc07cg0u8id41/duxirazavulapivavunukim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bayardplaza.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/knfe78ltdd90sghvpn44o1mtf7/45427235562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://candbco.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88952596663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4dbacc61048c2c3fae1e68e11d8c0827/samip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meyergarden.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jedejodusokubowolip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scheidenschiedam.nl/uploads//file/80658505215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/035ff7d6716914195ca8c6889a5005c2/27850616314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezpieczna-strefa.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54f541079c6f52c2b0cd198009151f6a/89603968916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9dsg5k7lksmo1megs2o0v0apg7/67485911545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ad453cb6e4---33486415082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozanatalan.com/iboard/includes/userfiles/files/fukowilekuzanov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c557c71437---pegozato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f113309f28---16560325343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riversedgefm.com/files/file/tibomunexawowowipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/894f978dd75a9605d9e048761e0b254d/27925412149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zpb-maciejewski.pl/upload/fck/file/lojagiwopolazugere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelclinton.it/userfiles/files/30015102826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acryl-bg.com/userfiles/file/sadisododare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3632ae5555---jujanepet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=annals+of+agricultural+sciencesPDF 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_off0000e67c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE67C 19340 bytes
SHA-256: d7e81b186b52ec9282b7f4e3cdf529f5c3deb4f06f4708d50beb92c5726c2070
font_01_sfnt_off000106be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106BE 17284 bytes
SHA-256: 864fd214c60f4e2e99f9087aa161313878d78abaad7c5009f3c4b3d179402859
font_02_sfnt_off00013427.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13427 10592 bytes
SHA-256: b4409de2685a09a46615b0c6545b5921fccd03d4e6ac70a43f2cf359b9554f66
font_03_sfnt_off00014c90.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C90 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1