Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e297f8edbc731024…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.4 KB Created: 2021-07-04 02:44:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 5a18f94d99bc1da26ef1077a837d9163 SHA-1: 96979171f9f3001810cd54f79b36ae0f8411dcc4 SHA-256: e297f8edbc7310246c36d1a1e813161d7769bc113b30ee63df518318e54eb73d
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a distribution mechanism for malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The presence of multiple external links suggests an attempt to redirect the user to a malicious site or download a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

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://ovartec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fc6639ed74---xebudojedakuwajuwano.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bluecars.pl/userfiles/file/xenepimup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/493d287fb1a4cffddb7eb1fd831ca75f/nizixivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valeneighbors.com/userimages/9517500719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wpsqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d511d8710efa9b39e3b550fdad84476a/26773789541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szrealty.net/uploadpic/2021-5/file/2021050821521373499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minutesnap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9849954f6e60bb7e493df16179881204/87782046796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allseasonsbanquet.com/clients/868236/File/dagawosuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6011778bf5c8a84cf8d64b8fd6ccc4e6/tidoleduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myexamadvisor.com/fck_uploads/files/semadenatonemaxodod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dwhs79.com/clients/15834/File/datuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaies.cn/upfiles/file/44864123322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://designbeginnings.com/upload/file/disizodowunit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c71e7a7d3b4---68768669434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d6f5d04917---67764222402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vegan-eshop.cz/data/file/12304048506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5a1ee50e64584be6c8d66bb7471e8ec/jameguwemenonukeri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a5273cadaed862e2ebc8f05d3a0db61/58454878745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.klpreschool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074b5015f666---lusebagit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scenekunstskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3336294864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ipfc2rjp2gp34sbkh81rpm254/87209070679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01bbc67cc0a4f4b1e34870602c98e310/51864724454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd41e47c9fe---63731089282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hrt-foto.hu/_user/file/75838930072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=stable+sorting+algorithmPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ec0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC0C 17576 bytes
SHA-256: 9f639904b5614c79eabe04028a8587abe4cef469493a824b8bb41f2d83680959
font_01_sfnt_off00011a01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A01 16100 bytes
SHA-256: 505f1f16fb057e2a34e7666bb0a43a50f2e0b7bc0033e59b70183295ac12d2e9
font_02_sfnt_off00012f3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F3D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00014754.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14754 10772 bytes
SHA-256: 426425a84f52c8a7403018ca38c34e328f4726e65b790847cf6d3d95bd8af9c3