Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ab9ad53d8558bba7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.7 KB Created: 2021-08-13 01:44:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: dcfaa2dfe8e1ff24600a289b71c3d9fb SHA-1: 8db47d1fe8342034e586715ce1e24454e39405d2 SHA-256: ab9ad53d8558bba7300ef3697d7c4dfa6aa5279e6787a7f84951776ab63b6d3d
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan. Static analysis revealed numerous embedded links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The PDF's structure and link farm characteristics indicate it's designed to redirect users to malicious content, likely for credential harvesting or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pilgrim%27s+progress+audio+drama+download PDF link annotation
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ce24257427af064d0f29d633edbae42/50526389446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ace15746c34---xotabetum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megaprestige.ru/uploads/files/12422358878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160741b0d4d1a3---bazutov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekolojikweb.net/upld/userfiles/file/nirifutujotixugatese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rg7r48tf64c777f4fh8i8l52uo/55290950037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noddy.nu/images/file/89896981054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://am-assets.com/aom/magnolia/userfiles/file/gokozemuvib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thekolkatapackersmovers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50566535212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91dpo4lcdj1qoiihq77o2a8k7p/44644025272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekbdrive.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38579919937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spiuruguay.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kodediganojefan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariobubiniregini.eu/userfiles/files/lixovudosef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erdivigado.hu/userkepek/file/dodixejuxamurupag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6f4c46bc2c---wufozawokaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16107bf483a4ee---lakebebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phoenixknights.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82365acc4567a9864b605177f6ca231f/70956399927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72362f5d8cf23a844debbcb09440a089/rabuvis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zwickerfoto.hu/_user/file/13982056491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightsourceindiana.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fad982424a7ab5e48b7eb18934abb5fc/86042651297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://produccionesproezas.com/clients/2/28/28ea8f13eb032e89cab2838ec144e7af/File/paporelisubuvabugomexifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctyrkolky-gamax.cz/data/dokumenty/tewikeleretofisafarewuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://virus-safe-zone.com/ckupload/files/sijenamune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villa-carlshorst.de/sites/default/files/file/55685697690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.corazondelsol.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/daxepin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lbs.ac.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/blmr5lbt0epvlpr92177e6u4a9/lufowagesabana.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_off00011050.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11050 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012867.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12867 10860 bytes
SHA-256: a855e4a05f3b84095762f6936abb916fe5045f6c03748ac789fe4367bc9ba705
font_02_sfnt_off00014149.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14149 17804 bytes
SHA-256: 70d0596991d56bff80955955c3a9fb92a2a806b1bcaabfe4657a60e6fe64949f