Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e360b6f947e08ecc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-09-18 23:28:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 857e259a38ab72241059a2988b851bcd SHA-1: 12959513d0d2741d6541c1c4f25716aeb9db10f7 SHA-256: e360b6f947e08ecc197b59736861029cc7c5d862d562fac8eec146fccba53877
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. It contains multiple links, many pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The presence of external URIs and the PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK heuristic suggest an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content, likely for phishing or to download further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 http://gowowdeli.com/uploads/files/13989345780.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cplastik.cz/data/cms/file/79721526715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfaspot.com/resimler/files/fejop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://superfishinglewood.com/uploads/files/3080555570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomalpocher.it/userfiles/files/32024807514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boumqueur-edition.com/upload/fckeditor/file/simumufapuroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161423902007e2---pomezolapujolenufijoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastcoastbiker.de/sites/default/files/file/35138783435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stradatextiles.com/upload/ckfinder/files/golefuzujopuvimezazas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phdpecs.hu/userfiles/files/68268796390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitydm.eu/slicice/file/85461384397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hung168.tw/UserFiles/files/42649746494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161403ee18b250---59195106763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariopisillibertozzi.eu/userfiles/files/21642729506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bn-biz.com/userData/board/file/90487413595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truongthanhco.vn/webroot/img/files/18695278989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://by-express.com/upfiles/editor/files/lopuwodazebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rogierstoel.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hrefqrl0v5sdi0e7gnk8ntrqoh/61702802504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doudou.tw/userfiles/files/99365255744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d16d4d514d---gajesevobifinanagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spyboarcams.com/files/piradifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612e9ac301e73---jojulexoxavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vidiniaibreketai.lt/userfiles/file/4018401850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fazendasaojudastadeu.net/fotosempresa/files/zixemugaxejesana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b698c21525---deketoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+change+the+language+in+android+phonePDF 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_off0000df08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF08 18596 bytes
SHA-256: c997e7d52eee8304c241a0214517d5a96fc51602d7fe724e7eee877eb96767fe
font_01_sfnt_off00010f31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F31 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012748.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12748 10804 bytes
SHA-256: 91ea3f4ee7fe4476c18d77af427ed739fb264bd099cb25283c31debc5e68f456