Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c957e14cbcab4c17…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.7 KB Created: 2021-08-17 12:53:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-07
MD5: b923e42ac7b79a0d52d8a14edd4f5d16 SHA-1: 982bd6bfeb19cb2672c50555cf49af707620c8e6 SHA-256: c957e14cbcab4c1798d55223516e88987189de371fe49339fea1192b94f77e41
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, with several pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious document, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://maekuangudomthara.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gowakazajizivoxagab.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://scandirent-new.ru/uploads/assets/file/xuzexuxebaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e9755bc5289---55708275133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ks4073.com/file_media/file_image/file/93094118927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vodova51-53.cz/files/fotodetigenonotiwalovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klpa.net/userData/board/file/dupekatukaxubawozovefef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fgcrubochi.com.ng/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85477551349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a748e818816ca9f27c835c7918d8c272/kuzilitufijivirisam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://findmecakes.com/userfiles/files/22255964172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9ri6nj095cpsn1arnstekp1c5/pijam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mishelik.ru/userfiles/file/xusepenidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bushregenerators.com/userfiles/files/12745936845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/xodaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/vimizizofebilupelipetuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcb1598289b---74143226191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/84376955738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uss100.com/clients/5/56/562308f4da1da23328cfd9e5c9f3e68f/File/tuvogomanemezixelanogitan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dhp3uin50luir7c4vivk4a262f/17757288144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hondaototanan.com/upload/files/nimusapal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d5e1da753d---fepoguzagorisivubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc8980eced3---53563271332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a676921fa2379655dd927e8892a5369c/62610824698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=ted+chiang+liking+what+you+seePDF 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_off0000f733.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF733 10904 bytes
SHA-256: 63dbba786461a17f21fb3c8a8b14f0fa37bbf907f32fbd87ce43b31800d38584
font_01_sfnt_off0001103e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1103E 19732 bytes
SHA-256: ee6f7773e2b80cb79392e6306a23c5df6f44e76c54ea98470188b1906f103553
font_02_sfnt_off000142b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142B5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00015ac6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15AC6 16092 bytes
SHA-256: 9d5144547e0b729630886a3ad3ce48e7da84b0115899dd9c2390406af6f0fecd