Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c73084abaf717f02…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-07-03 06:53:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: ccb99c7b3e0eef760738c8b4ae34c314 SHA-1: 83aba61b2ee3fdfc208a577ea96e2039cd5cf9e6 SHA-256: c73084abaf717f0233ba0af3923e0dae1a0034006c2e03780a9690584603c9bf
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded URLs suggest an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9946

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://crystalnymph.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e264c14a642cd307ede2a7adac67fd7/58022983674.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://4998horo.gmmwireless.com/contents/files/bezekizomuxevarofuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariopresto.pl/userfiles/file/83787866131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sandzthabapanel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e5549a06bb---27921485232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pensjonatagat.pl/userfiles/file/81629854933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arch-teh.com/pic/userfile/50046058483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acetechnology.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6o5332fjt0p5ma139qq1t90c6b/kexozegetamosofesanogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160961240104fd---xobazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://efficimm.fr/userfiles/files/bubiwigog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609276ebac4af---40840026581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gp801c9kfbbkhqkknflp8b72b4/kuvukijidikog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aradovan.com/userfiles/file/xewepos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ef752a511f---lisudigukalirivapizukate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pevc34chmha6giucvua7drber3/32313156836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1careglobal.com/upload/files/41548857390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9660d9315---91040652104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e268999d69cdfb7a64c391803863d2b/43969825165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankamet.com/userfiles/file/80319642472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lumieretvie.com/userfiles/file/3569140461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c453700be17---janebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hbo07vrjrg5ssnmh30ot00omu2/xezebobamanurunixukepot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://collegium-connect.nl/ckupload/files/18186608757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=anime+that+the+mc+is+opPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000eeb4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEB4 10476 bytes
SHA-256: f172336416f72e8def769d281b03d235f9ae1f4c9dab676221a67875b74a9204
font_01_sfnt_off00010655.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10655 2152 bytes
SHA-256: 99849d19bdf5b4597fe7dd2e0ef257d29503025efc855c422c0aa1d951464a52
font_02_sfnt_off00010fba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FBA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off000127cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127CC 16684 bytes
SHA-256: d8bee4733d5dccf59b2a4ee7f6fba19af095818a77a8bb43780ebc2ff28f8a85