Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b759ab6b75a1282f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.9 KB Created: 2021-08-04 15:05:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: ba92827ecfd624e4ca24f31d3c2d930e SHA-1: 1cdf3d22a6f372dae1eed285c1d337b7d5b0fbcd SHA-256: b759ab6b75a1282f4e0dfeb71d85b58d224a3251c644eb6873111300eeb9b911
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as containing a link farm and pointing to compromised CMS upload storage, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV also identified it as malicious. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the embedded URLs suggest the document's primary purpose is to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ts42bsbkrudgs55a5a42u2il7/54946643998.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xahscw.com/userfiles/file/kizijoxon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wallsfamily1912.com/clients/876683/File/3437199025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abovomedia.hu/_user/file/87561982875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shaplaconsulting.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94599019104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://calhi1977.com/clients/879053/File/kotiluwixomifukiwum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadeavenue.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfecad132e7b3191fb0621e1071b161f/miwipisipozomazoruteneg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biosite.ru/images/news/file/82970149141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e482c1f708d5758d48eb25bef24a848/vupiforibib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobathware.com/app/webroot/img/files/89738418414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608675cb31ae5---xafefug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f3803831f6---jixurokizumasogozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baovephuongtroi.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/67829212296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fallsplat.se/file/23080987935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/709fced7eb46e756c66d29800734f81b/62950762279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scalper.ir/data/files/file/kexopow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160907458131f8---tumifatebagawewumitaralep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8a9b3b3dd7---26938286567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tomasjelinek.com/img/pub/file/fetuziminejisatotolir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b68694bb6fe28c83769f87e717ac11d4/18650630852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://micast.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/clb31lp2p3ihlfchctf1b29bl2/60680345921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-ivanteevka.ru/upload_picture/file/dumewixufugofogazufoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=que+hacer+cuando+te+da+un+aire+en+la+espaldaPDF 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_off0001002a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1002A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011841.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11841 10768 bytes
SHA-256: 3918059dde79f4f243fe2b3b8550abce8d564c8603e7238c6b8985177331aaad
font_02_sfnt_off0001310b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1310B 18104 bytes
SHA-256: 46e7ad833e0718b8b251bd906e358250f5c8dfdcf08de85b89f2d03a1a99732e