Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a7dcaa132d7ef7c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 05:01:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 19823205572b77c272bad16ec98aade8 SHA-1: 2a9c68c3343c9321762a397f592be1c1132301ad SHA-256: a7dcaa132d7ef7c0f65d6e9aef714c8d9570f75357ca751f7fd4b29d5a40a49d
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a common PDF-based lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=seaborg+500+mj+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://aeronautike.com/userfiles/file/18450898835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jewfri.kr/files/image/files/85773115729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://musikkursus.dk/userfiles/file/nigiviluzebijijaware.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reutlinger.pl/userfiles/file/18253096722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81300594426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizugy.hu/uploads/files/files/50689585755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartpaintingplus.com/userfiles/files/96858881813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adlinefor.com/home/webagen/public_html/korn/data/file/danamufulitujilid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlytech-tunisie.com/userfiles/file/45227101814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fairway.cc/images/blog//file/56226277840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fullcolorspandoeken.nl/userfiles/file/36725324691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bienenaktuell.com/sites/bienenaktuell.com/files/file/burasusumakemov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ilexgold.com/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/68988362676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612abc435d8a2---bukugat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b61c09bd939---77706870203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nbpcpentecostalchurch.com/clients/65183/File/ralepanam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160872823b137d---26920368447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/785cf86f6d0954ac80dc0cbb11ce8d4a/vazezowaxulola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d67a8a8f5b0---sujol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santabruna.cl/upload/file/jafin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jianianhuayule.a9188.com/upload_files/art_files/files/20210822_024059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osc-pribor.ru/products_pictures/file/vuwinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cantellodetersiviprofessionali.it/uploads/file/demedibinelamikoveroxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096ce4a417d7---91826169053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nitvsg6s21gfe3k6kkcnmi4265/63434285864.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_off0000be93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE93 17780 bytes
SHA-256: decaad097660e0ad553b927f16a0b7d5038aa83e3034dcf0d210cac6b1e37698
font_01_sfnt_off0000ecdd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECDD 10796 bytes
SHA-256: 874d26181a351ccdf50d910539818929516b0bb8e7ac87105c0b629276e1751c
font_02_sfnt_off000105c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105C3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1