Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d00ae8e68d59518c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

104.1 KB Created: 2021-07-09 02:16:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 5767350973dc159559f141ba4b8f0821 SHA-1: 88d4a05622a59c934097f3d43a6ccbb9ec1aa09d SHA-256: d00ae8e68d59518c565cc3df7f07d8cb29db4ed486f2163dc9d45405b810cbfc
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous links to external resources, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and potentially malicious PDF files. The heuristic firings indicate a link farm strategy, likely intended to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sylvester+stallone+biceps+size PDF link annotation
    • https://ienter.bg/files/zuzovimiraxadakufab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc740eb51758a5c394e7d5a3604e7f59/87354663862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nadiadsa.org/userfiles/file/11509314204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b6d89f2d41---10631235247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bonpetsupply.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090eb665aa4b---mudisimigafikev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084ccf6d558f---nogiziran.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmszke.hu/files/file/sapenajafetoposek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medtek.vn/storage/file/bijesokedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttccid.com/userfiles/files/wekamawilinodufogipuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c56ea2f0a3---giduf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aduanaldelvalle.com/userfiles/file/potagajitajej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7d9272866ca67c46344418b1c912ca7/nasugetunulopetuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607102832d8e2---38807238933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fixafilm.se/userfiles/file/funuduxagazufog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/juzitanineju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expresstestingatl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96d1b439cc736c70061b6574e2c9780c/vegoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49f2927b344b0f366d6b8cf60494f5fb/kimipotowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160863aa067034---kozizuvosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae5f2fd8d1d---gizoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dc77e20503---48928195450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pampa.be/uploads/userfiles/files/70057792636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flexa.cz/docs/file/51421288989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soba05.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c079cbc4a121ae6c2ae8223f3b41e861/kokitexevomajojusemumuv.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_off000132ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132AD 10824 bytes
SHA-256: 63090b8f7932e30e2bf4f443f49e2668d6f0b72e7e5920f32f6da551180a60e2
font_01_sfnt_off00014b9f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B9F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000163b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x163B1 18076 bytes
SHA-256: 066e1823bf50cfaa44dfaf3af6b2bec4b07f4aa508ea92c6cfae9e81bd000a48