Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d95bbc53d98de07f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-09-19 12:27:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: e4260c4c0b441da15ae60e1678dd39a2 SHA-1: a10e8a618b9f9d8fd73858f57d74f95ae8f40dad SHA-256: d95bbc53d98de07f26e95d7c1e636fb29b790daa3df0edad1ac692fc72656b52
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the URLs and the PDF structure point towards an attempt to exploit user interaction via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=open+hisuite+on+your+phone PDF link annotation
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613de97c112c7---14102550349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alconsprom.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3716279454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-photo.lv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tunukewas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--22cjbbm2eyae3ehabdb4kqdtae3dxnnc1fhf.com/user_img/files/6372446834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://casasholidays.com/scgtest/team-explore/uploads/files/keditipedanomabutazoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s7s2vbnk2krs5bmsiah36uaegb/70836570810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-elektrostal.ru/upload_picture/file/sosidizawobesofafosajow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99nnis59qs52kfdgbk9ko29pu3/pakegizuzuwenidufega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tvsporedi.si/vsebina/43021447893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elhammagazine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dovisatoroxinok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d960a009c5a94a874f90b9943662ac2/wujagulovinajajedobewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hopclickhospitality.com/scgtest/team-explore/uploads/files/75294636689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tempatpasang.com/contents/files/10817885927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cemeba.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/mojunulenigivukixodifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gocoachfox.com/userfiles/file/mularawafesufodotugeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://udmvdpo.ru/images/files/83950003024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simbhaolipower.com/images/file/88968635964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nofatrans-int.com/userfiles/file/weraresugagesun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--365-pn7mwb654m2qn.com/ckupload/files/pikopuwanulolefukasemow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fa52336ee4---xabatupeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slide-bearing.com/d/files/17421358263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-skala.pl/userfiles/file/11904105080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smingames.com/ckfinder/files/mixizulojoneto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613573f309409---patuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medsplus.us/admin/images/file/5332176840.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_off0000e6e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6E5 10380 bytes
SHA-256: cb30e45291a11ba61b03c28ec984105a256bd9bbe38f1c1f205ffd336437db4e
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE62 17816 bytes
SHA-256: 11881b00e763e6e4aba7435c96d319cc0608c50babf196700efa126d99e9a8dc
font_02_sfnt_off00012be6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BE6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1