Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e426aa18afa5bf06…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 01:29:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: e8679a8af05accedb5b5de060fb64174 SHA-1: cc6f142551e819aa69ed7fae905d7b4b8d4eb686 SHA-256: e426aa18afa5bf064ffaf9b97ad0febec53dbcb94d7c8107319084d8df80d151
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via embedded URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sharp+portable+air+conditioner+ion+generator+manual PDF link annotation
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d076d0a4ff307610a3d3dd6a338df24b/8306192016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0329010b9d988a84b9bf865bf7684873/73684730168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608af74b6bdcd---saxof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotobolfestmeny.hu/mvc/userfiles/file/73871318116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ultrabeauty-ff.ru/userfiles/file/79367185197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usateatop.com/_upload/files/62161933923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8a21764503---70692359966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbbjg7ctfs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b9a8254d9f19d0e36a9101e68437734/gorapasog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariomariani.it/userfiles/files/66936532663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/189b220a5abbf3e111af525627ec3a6e/31297086780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modra-skola.cz/userfiles/file/giwelol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atek-ent.com/upload/file/fudugegopidapitokeger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miraesusan.com/ckupload/files/depugakafurawim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phenix-security.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c0685ebc18---39545687738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://debcopharma.com/userfiles/file/tidigezepawebavuwovenud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trimix.bg/UserFiles/File/37390720164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160748294350bb---komafax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plncse.hu/php_data/file/gitofatonekalebof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldendoodlesofthesierranevadas.com/userfiles/file/vojig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalipublisher.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14150056868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160785ba0a4ed3---zaketibegifedutik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westfallassociates.com/documents/file/34000815725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sygimportaciones.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i4dkajr6l806edr9nh7lu3kmqk/mikolon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floridaholidayplanner.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4439fe74ed9f98b8999c5942611dca3/77596505450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/808abe20f66abd6d84bef4ef0107e552/92843236578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00010ad2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AD2 18452 bytes
SHA-256: 76dbd17ee96a1175d97c324c0ed1b6e8dd4ab69bfd9a185814d0ad4b1c5d6747
font_01_sfnt_off00013acf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13ACF 11108 bytes
SHA-256: f8d6723b6acee103af40ceba9dbc466fe20ad72fd8d31db7dac4fb3ff003bd3c
font_02_sfnt_off00015415.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15415 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1