Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b0dfcfde56bba45d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-07-31 11:44:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: f7757485c31a93a698f54e44af3979e8 SHA-1: a3591604a8f60cf49d853fba50184a74d6f51cf8 SHA-256: b0dfcfde56bba45dd230811daa6e36eed75b487851b840bac53d4ba2b843715a
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The sample is a malicious PDF that contains numerous links to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised websites or disposable domains. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics, along with a critical ClamAV detection, strongly indicates a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF with high confidence, supporting its malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://vegan-eshop.cz/data/file/tutevolixegavati.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://alshamiltrading.com/alshamilfiles/file/visogikoxaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongshengfish.com/uploadfiles/2021062813073262544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ubest.ru/images/file/50825367130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f39720e7beb---ritudesisagitip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lesson-online.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5815t73arcoje71aq4p0s7ov3/39491274655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093f2f81f685---33446968809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viviapalermo.com/userfiles/files/tuwelibazanabot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/haj676r9jsrf8pvuu89orn29rd/xuxuwimaboredagejedum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easthighclassof1962.com/clients/2/24/240b89ecbeded73b1ae3fdc7544f4fd7/File/79209442507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feach.ie/images/uploads/file/dogiribefijonob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vattucongtrinh.com/userfiles/file/sowatibuxiwevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centronegozi.com/public/kemig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7212aca92e---22995751244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geombiagioschettino.eu/userfiles/files/feganobowuvapapakeguzoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl-light.ru/design/img/upload/file/68468097397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samtekelektrik.com/files/25933109969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n01d1v2hscne63lor9kc397p0u/70470379387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pilanatofishing.com/home/sandbox/domains/shelter.sandbox.tritek.hk/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96775612084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioscapindandrea.it/userfiles/files/81300776462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cefd948d56d---bikulevepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veno2.com/upload/damav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdmsig.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/deligexezesewularetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=atomic+bomber+full+game+apkPDF 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_off0000db5c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB5C 10864 bytes
SHA-256: 6929bf2703ef572debdfbfd1d8f064b9a8d3f99191589498524a87819a2252a3
font_01_sfnt_off0000f453.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF453 17092 bytes
SHA-256: 2f1de2187f49008657df416580b840c2ddb9245d904a016a46fea72b89da7d8c
font_02_sfnt_off0001214a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1214A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1