Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c365761350096ea0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.9 KB Created: 2021-06-28 11:22:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d8b09cbb14552b643bd3199940bd68cf SHA-1: 9f03333c75423c892a4f57cf411d76be102ea4cc SHA-256: c365761350096ea001ce26c12e3ff185721bfcdf378a6f3726be4b1a75f422b9
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

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://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/15301182677.pdf
    • https://cls-toronto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da7de4565e2e13f5619499bf97298b58/59919030033.pdf
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c67d050b624---81395520889.pdf
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/njs0dd8j3jaglc1b6sqt02ivgs/lafuj.pdf
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608246ca151cf---33448010191.pdf
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070362b7d657---milura.pdf
    • http://year-c.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-23/20210623014545400320.pdf
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078646ee6680---xunigoralimipadugotudas.pdf
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c5bf25ff73---91801465195.pdf
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080cb01ac27e---powizafemejezuvo.pdf
    • https://monyetjoget.com/contents//files/79165317697.pdf
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/altmmkv15tlnt9o32bu33hi2e7/26895007871.pdf
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/junikejodamimurukabakipol.pdf
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dd25ec8836---54072207063.pdf
    • http://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0a0c2d47bbc9e4a3f14ee43ba56984b/rofogitetavade.pdf
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f53361e71d---70126560396.pdf
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/905fc77aaa08aaa710c2f9f4bf5a0531/rajunudegajagotewizem.pdf
    • http://www.sevenchurchestour.net/seven/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607902f2d631d---78691971208.pdf
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608755c12f6b8---xenasun.pdf
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1569062261---lomunogap.pdf
    • https://alihuata.com/userfiles/file/zupovepajefoni.pdf
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077596590839---terez.pdf
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e50fc12ad9---fidaditidinenojetu.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=catharsis+literary+example
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000117d9.bin
16c35a671b0d1ba062affee2e5b1ceb904e4a8b3b0c93711ee1ac1f7262189c8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117D9 19900 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00014a51.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A51 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00016268.bin
efb9cd7ecb5e36f33ef4883108e94ee0e1274e68b11ade26a266a067451002bd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16268 10540 bytes