Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e057e2210f95a2ba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 01:49:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 63f580ba5f1bbcf0357d132722e54e49 SHA-1: a383515eaae05fada598a5cdedbf0a015fcc520e SHA-256: e057e2210f95a2ba592b9e9c4fccc0af49f66efd51a0f657947484c8ee8d3873
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are consistent with techniques used to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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 http://anthonyvienna.com/sites/default/files/file/17399146622.pdf
    • http://bioident.pl/photos_fck/file/pikififegaximut.pdf
    • http://tv-kitchen.ru/files/files/42946561122.pdf
    • https://vinniescustoms.com/userfiles/files/wimodenopusawariguvaguzo.pdf
    • https://kham.vn/userfiles/file/72922614970.pdf
    • http://machinegroup.ru/img/outer/files/47018372820.pdf
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070a38b01bc7---52226414672.pdf
    • http://pnmanagementsolutions.in/uploads/zomepinuvin.pdf
    • http://hayatteknoloji.com/webimage/file/gedoxu.pdf
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fe9ea3d8b3---kowuxupowej.pdf
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073fcab36dcd---kokepufisofutisunuv.pdf
    • https://tenekedjieva.com/uploads/file/jadolefoferi.pdf
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161217ce3a7ec6---69393449491.pdf
    • https://masihpt1.com/contents//files/88572162774.pdf
    • http://atomleasing.ru/media/File/63810659819.pdf
    • http://mevlanaasm.com/resimler/files/sijas.pdf
    • https://auto-rujo.com/images-editor/file/zaxalufuzejidivezasakuzew.pdf
    • https://goodluckfishing.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9365129514.pdf
    • http://synowka.pl/galeria/file/15350012282.pdf
    • http://aven.su/userfiles/file/66269918206.pdf
    • http://nemochem.cn/upload/files/guvovubugudi.pdf
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0pphkv0de4ni5shh14c35lclr6/13201131890.pdf
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072e5aa683af---90806484145.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=institutes+of+the+christian+religion+pdf+download
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000be4b.bin
a232934553348a3374f8d578cbc87412f3286ee6912d0729522d329b029def68
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE4B 16668 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e973.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE973 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001018a.bin
b72646044be499875120786afb4854ea883a9c5899766e318215e90c0ba416c5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1018A 11036 bytes