Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b269ec6b58b8007a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 14:48:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: af0ff5cdd796c2f728a0a6cb43a15653 SHA-1: 917e608068926e9d5fb71c8f886b5178aa95be92 SHA-256: b269ec6b58b8007ab60285467f87d281845539f3717d2c8f4544645d13ed6fe1
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and link farms, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a spearphishing attachment used to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 http://riverside-plaza.com/upload/userfile/files/jafazivomoxipagazopoku.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0623b663e4e63792a5ef2c22e72b1c8a/88850999734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://justbuymeds.net/userfiles/file/45659425147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ecab0ed593f---36361453576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goez3.com/10005001208290177/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wizoxulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaushalango.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/milosewejowuxumajowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reylab.com/userfiles/file/85149372797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7db4be6009a31e1cc287a6a2fa30ee8e/66832973989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sesc.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68gaarg0sie47niaogmbo8lk10/25807563966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://c4ir.ae/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kgg0kj4erq0u9cimvober5fvu6/mumutidalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a83e49a131a9f8f663b8dc5ff1bf0b8/73128066985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotobolfestmeny.hu/mvc/userfiles/file/49176989105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mbamantra.com/ci/userfiles/files/15877632755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kasekimi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074d795c8802---30961724247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc020.com/userfiles/file/20210628151549_2vcbjr.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/donolisodani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioscapindandrea.it/userfiles/files/7962828248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4a06b4238b---lasarevol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cutandcolorparrucchieri.it/file/18446454859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a562a9df78c2ff78cd0e248edbd51964/xawojejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wonderful-foods.net/userfiles/file/wajukudejepefavarerofap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c8jhnv9dnpdvml91becp411f5/mitafopesibak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=best+free+tool+convert+pdf+to+wordPDF 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_off0000c242.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC242 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000da54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA54 16692 bytes
SHA-256: f9ce866ab2029c5cf1ce188f9fccccfa9e3fbd1f50e2cf76b2d04f29783cceed
font_02_sfnt_off00010591.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10591 10564 bytes
SHA-256: 326f14137ba222f63cad64871c2cc956e49b5dcd6133275cc40b8c5c9c1eb0e0