Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 db5f9bb1e21db0b3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-03 19:55:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 3547ec59ac307082f048577748e7faaa SHA-1: 303c9bc7d5d5ecd20f1a8889be0c071dd63c2cff SHA-256: db5f9bb1e21db0b3b621539411e5c00f5600a7d39ab7988808795299ea7cf649
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many of which point to compromised WordPress installations and disposable hosting domains, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious files. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings point towards an attack pattern involving the delivery of further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://hijaulumut.com/contents//files/gojararoravaloparuke.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c8cdedf2e1606fcae44dbcf379a905f/97028414385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085659525437---nagirolipogozejosox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tele-video.ru/upload/files/dolixegejuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iwnta.com/userfiles/file/bikujerofukusevonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alexandrapanayotou.com/web/images/static/file/wusewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tbm-mova.by/images_from_html_editor/file/zudexidokural.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97kchsstd0irrog53bdtgb7ib5/12828840684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidareemantenerepavimentifaidate.it/userfiles/files/70256813047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://partner-support.net/user_data/userfiles/files/52572252711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexhofford.com/temp/files/file/lixudujixozodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.salpasafarit.fi/tiedostot/files/bibenujifisozodapeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolavalerio.it/userfiles/files/litipuruvupenudupipogoker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16123952387dc0---famowufolano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608292e4af58d---10198854923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travellerisland.com/files/koxexovuweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hbphoto.ca/resimler/files/turuviligiduxul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://self119.net/upload/userfiles/2021/07/files/210714073037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slsnn.ru/content/file/21377491186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b0b7f4bca5---xuderijojexafigopepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://colakcivi.com/userfiles/file/37950586589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rittenhousesmiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3bbe7ab8c79703bfa3718e7154c4e22/88650353920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ptkas.com/kingkong/userfiles/files/lekigutibigim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5bbce3c86eab19102b04cb10e540e24/80812920246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d94091c14d---96955313796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosklo.sk/pictures/file/56658444776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=limits+worksheet+%233PDF 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_off0000dba2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBA2 10196 bytes
SHA-256: 577cb3e5044fad531191e220f0ab5381e6080f41b57e1a696ec4f7454c2b65c9
font_01_sfnt_off0000f28f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF28F 16892 bytes
SHA-256: d2f32f0b52ecbb927ce017c7a809729f13d67099c1ccdc003b79a9cf963403e0
font_02_sfnt_off00011e3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E3B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1