Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e0fe6f324501961a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-07-23 20:56:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 7cdbffa3860254e2f746cb3f8d7ff07b SHA-1: 1775ef05fb31bbed2edeb260288fcc8873208be9 SHA-256: e0fe6f324501961a62c41a483145de627061d11815835a1e985c54fdcc28fbcd
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest this PDF is a phishing or malware distribution vehicle. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9997

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://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd37965b0cf---munuxewugixur.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://netiko.ge/img/Data/file/27813434815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9p9btdu61pcrerte35djupg303/84449259279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/svoi7tjek2dbmj4ggdkg5uikf1/xagapajiwigilumizogedivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osc-pribor.ru/products_pictures/file/fawefijabamijoluk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pui-vital.ro/msg_media/file/30457543618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160787467cb182---42973301623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084941c01310---71631488398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noahsmarinesurveyors.ca/userfiles/file/peziposuxibutakititi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fed54f257f---wezusoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drkoopman.nl/cmsimages/file/84669475908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d0069ed3e8---41795633407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitylightsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9be49fa65133399e3645040188ccd30d/kobapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithatachau.vn/webroot/img/files/bobiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonorganica.ru/upload/files/31507167690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yangpupark.com/uploadfile/files/76713657610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38497930c84fb69c5783b41b32866f34/4558664933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportyou.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bomolepibigede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hodori247.com/uploads/files/29267708549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phoenixknights.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44d96cc92f41bb52e73fb2aac07bd647/54578561535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=dunkin+power+breakfast+sandwich+sodiumPDF 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_off0000ddb8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDB8 17204 bytes
SHA-256: 54e8b0f89015ed700808c689fd4d89e0aaf8be92dceb9f075dd9efbeae834de0
font_01_sfnt_off00010aed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012304.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12304 11256 bytes
SHA-256: 3bd4ffa54d705d0d1cd3b9ccbf8d1b25fe3c8f1b108fa0a2a86ac45f993e14e5