Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 be384c65b99a0438…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-09-18 20:00:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 6471ca4df44905435d0d0613ec4a45df SHA-1: 02e2e73df611f693d490253ecdc1b88aecce40d3 SHA-256: be384c65b99a0438c037b87200d078816e0ae3b761dab026aa7790c1259700b7
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It contains a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the links indicate an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=samsung+experience+home+apk+download PDF link annotation
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariovianello.eu/userfiles/files/sozudije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cancercareresearch.com/userfiles/file/15973145606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sterenstein.ru/userfiles/file/58552925664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frisch.ro/files/file/92322820014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santa.sg/images/users/00000000/files/pabate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allineers.netlovestories.com/upload/files/16616151149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diennuocdanang.com/uploads/image/files/78197645155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yurisolomko.com/userfiles/file/jesekokitoret.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614554ed2ec0c---rovefubafiwoxifafoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lscapital.it/images/file/napugub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiostocchi.eu/userfiles/files/25205333457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e9f0fb366d---41188441440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tumakuruvoice.com/tumkurvoice/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/latofimoveru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acsalma.hu/userfiles/files/41831625913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dolnoslaskialarmsmogowy.pl/imgturysta/files/55169119070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drukarnia-skawina.pl/app/webroot/media/files/54646104465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://es21sys.com/userfiles/file/mozadonefetedodisedixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137eae98130a---47983951539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balbu.hu/uploads/news/file/44542210097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://softwarefactory.nl/images/file/jifetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pieseautocomenzi.ro/userfiles/file/82065774511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e5bfa4e17d---silaguvotobijezapuzazakup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renfrewareahealthvillage.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/betebopuxonosu.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_off0000dd40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD40 20764 bytes
SHA-256: d65f7115402ec60ca50835151ff2ce64b87680c6f9959a5d340f08301f822c4a
font_01_sfnt_off0001138f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1138F 11316 bytes
SHA-256: bae3e3b3cd3998964e3adbebfd8a97567418c406a1f04472b8b8fcf5f05d3eba
font_02_sfnt_off00012dc1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DC1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1