Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d73a1061197e3689…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.3 KB Created: 2021-09-19 12:46:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 5b09a699f5f61b651dd09b77874a8028 SHA-1: 596db9abcc65c6c0e70f1eeafc7c6ff876ccb2e8 SHA-256: d73a1061197e3689cc88020de0d40b8b907679c4213e96ebbc63ff262ca76aa3
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics, along with ClamAV detection as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan, strongly indicates a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier's high confidence score further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=real+racing+3+additional+file+download PDF link annotation
    • http://dolphinegypt.net/userfiles/file/90176655934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imapbook.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/gaxunevonexel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massimomoroni.it/userfiles/files/gulodorululexotevusevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buffinvestment.com/upload/ckfinder/files/gekisubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irinabailey.com/upload/files/87872157954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lvk8bm0k00urf69h320kvtdujs/wuzanizerofosug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psystems.gr/Administrator/uploads/userpics/OutPostImages/files/rirujalidub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitytradefze.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jetukuxatid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qdsenfeng.com/data/files/pavuxedemuluwezobari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kubkao-kubpla.com/userfiles/files/29944306126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twtqedu.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/78532009214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artio.pl/files/files/64329254102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinical-pain.com/pds/userfiles/files/bajofabizavaxuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioscapindandrea.it/userfiles/files/61357100341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elemonbg.com/Files/File/80176152462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuhongzg.com/d/files/24239094723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catwalkdogcome.com/editor_upload_image/file/nekaforosifidawanifibezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truongthanhco.vn/webroot/img/files/fezebegozeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imosa.asia/uploads/files/202109121259505334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fni0rr5i1leipqqbeb3q2h2lgp/97671256693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hgekc.com/media/userfiles/file/gojarazorimowopivexuzebet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chrmglobal.com/userfiles/file/79318975064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bonezi.morefriendship.com/upload/files/99851220826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613be57eacabd---wuvazajotuwadizonixikizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orderleesushi.com/uploads/files/logedozugejekolabovekozo.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_off0000d24d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD24D 17284 bytes
SHA-256: 758adbab616d4124416f5510831b8d3a7dd5bf3fe205f961b0cbaa78066614db
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE22 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011639.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11639 10784 bytes
SHA-256: a10dda26b9b13edca6cf460ed3946589b142c41d3769d2dc9d6a3ce2353df71c