Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d0986f2474eae164…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.3 KB Created: 2021-07-04 13:37:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: ed89cf2332ac3f92128008bc3c502b15 SHA-1: 743e5bf26340597fdff53490a1e78108a453df55 SHA-256: d0986f2474eae164be771a711a39e70dcbaba17da0481e1bf6b6b53bfb5f9415
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of external links and the nature of the heuristics point towards a common PDF-based lure.

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=american+pitbull+images PDF link annotation
    • https://sammycar.ch/sammy/sites/default/sammyfiles/newsletterfile/letenasazufiborenejeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paramountswimwear.com/userfiles/files/30399858125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160877c2761f1c---46621462942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bahamianbrewery.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1731705934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viessmannboilers.ca/fck_upload/file/34083138737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baohohoanglong.com/userfiles/file/10191703250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://generale-bureautique.fr/gdb/files/file/jikufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brightwayconsultancyservices.com/userfiles/file/51851237388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tresonance.org/uploadfiles/balovur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43b2b83feb7c4477103d0c35ff667058/watug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lss2vg080uo8ksc9fdt66c2qa4/41456592950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macauroommate.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sozajizolibewol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wwpokebar.com/uploads/files/mudovamutiwulusumomatofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b248b53db73---31147790897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bainihu.com/upfiles/editor/files/bijofaxiwunirojugemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dichvuketoanvn.org/uploads/files/65916164071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecsun-moscow.ru/docs/file/gopumuvugabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e08f452313c---vifelate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/640d676ef40221612b5535796d483237/56939403161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8rqidaltmcmae7jc1idqvpm24s/65335089042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096e64c91d73---xerefuwedifujek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q5lvakvud9dt3usherf02vg0j6/pimepef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tgmb7t15tdfrcge6kn8vl2ojov/wolotupidumarun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b479bf0a0d4---86843429972.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_off00011486.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11486 17292 bytes
SHA-256: 54b9a033750a4f5f7734cef321df99198492e2cf317dba8a915ea4be743c3f2b
font_01_sfnt_off000141ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141CE 10816 bytes
SHA-256: 442096e104fb1b5e813798af2e95b17fdeaaf58b3ba9e56a21e124675310a984
font_02_sfnt_off00015a85.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15A85 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1