Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d462650565966df7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-09-03 20:22:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 050f14c6ff392013dd01ffb5c8011d67 SHA-1: 034ab48854e85adc4fd0f2e2eec8c5af13c4b197 SHA-256: d462650565966df7dda8cc8ce4a87c302a8a5401d47b8fdc011000e6bfdbbc2c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs indicates an effort to deliver a secondary payload or phish for credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://flexa.cz/docs/file/zazisulobutesazonawexov.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.vinoplaza.nl/img/upload/files/8205477025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbpartner.cz/userfiles/file/bemetodikabikusuwetuxuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuatudongsaigon.vn/uploads/files/dinokonenawotarunotud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--h49al33a2zdp0eo1x.com/DATA/file/20210612101315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/172019559986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acc59f7cb38---ratizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607933b1d2ff2---65659574119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aluvascientific.com/UserFiles/file/78622178173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70g9o9jls6j4ep5ibes0f3af26/pewixanukowakowodakudije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehotelgateway.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/gatujavusif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c052a08a61---50403169912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tenshinorchids.com/FCKeditor_upload/file/89396818712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivanamihic.com//files/dogisaxawomegopetoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://longislandinvestmentadvisors.com/nini/userfiles/file/26131918762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6425917df0847cb9bef4166ba58837a/mimisedadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trungtamdaykem.vn/Images_upload/files/sokubifigiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ufcnagykanizsa.hu/userfiles/file/76796211633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c0ff4bbb35---xogeveteti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad91ef1e0b1---vibeber.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j3q4fuudiip298amsn0oia8df3/pegomiweder.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ltuqqqp3h17um1mgrah9j8f6rt/28914356136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qag8a0sv7sg0g3oa4m2ja5fc92/86083783806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amblamy.ee/upload/file/74091900661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cityhelps.org/clients/6/61/61afa7a028a8e04f14432b0fece6f2b0/File/xaxabonepagigevogupusafar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=minimum+wages+act+1948+in+pdf+formatPDF 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d3fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3FC 17896 bytes
SHA-256: 66c159cb2244470e826cbd09610db617680ede02969377384a0688704a530d4f
font_01_sfnt_off0001021b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1021B 11600 bytes
SHA-256: 82b4043a37521659d69f4c78610b80544271efad2471928e28bb81dfe7c58e65
font_02_sfnt_off00011d9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D9E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1