Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 def9bf55ed11ed02…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.1 KB Created: 2021-08-15 17:34:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 5daa28a1fc77246aab8bce7f0844f413 SHA-1: a938d0ccf6c0d6ec7febb4696c8f80b0f748d712 SHA-256: def9bf55ed11ed0200abc84c19e30d41118b5a1aaff7bca7e8ae4713677c66b7
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malicious redirection scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious content or download further payloads. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is used to host these malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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://suativisamsungtaihanoi.net/upload/files/mubega.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://flyfinz.com/userfiles/files/55131441270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e367aedcbd---mokuwufaderipegod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1da9c4591ed76a53c74aa2b7a136e2fa/55811767927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bae63b63923---56064419796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaiyudachem.com/filespath/files/20210803122342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fairytaleweddingsandeventsbymary.com/clients/f/f2/f272f95a0afb65faa7304057ec0e56f6/File/11069107900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polesprogettazioni.com/userfiles/files/jokuxosapemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://healhumanity.foundation/userfiles/file/motuzomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/omr0b4v27vqauad4s288eqo5t6/74797419148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ckpak.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/wafabitisuxakosegibajupob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16111dbb8100e9---51832014968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b50fad03e69a200d26c0d3a4f0a1ff8/13071216569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classicalgardenornaments.com/uplds/file/46551018981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073119733471---roketedofubofela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fea07243b5f---xasulepopov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073f80801589---zigimuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sweetbasketsbyjackie.com/clients/864293/File/lotatakonufasuwamopig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mn-print.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94670799739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alteredcompta.com/buddha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31619416274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiengthai.com/file_media/file_image/file/bulor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c67d4971b0a---lijuponarojalevedoreg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=skyrim+change+load+orderPDF 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_off00010426.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10426 10832 bytes
SHA-256: 4fe9f142ee58c98f77a55163404d6a98887d9290484462f7c5d64ceb9490a4a9
font_01_sfnt_off00011cb6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CB6 16664 bytes
SHA-256: 65417cc510c2b7702350a8cade2e3637b80fef01bdfc9399365cfcba225d4c99
font_02_sfnt_off00014834.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14834 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1