Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e524ed98bf1a6407…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-09-16 20:18:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 07711106c38bd4b0f07de0f3f54caa83 SHA-1: 25e06667a369c1fbcf42a6ed9f935c2f71ffd484 SHA-256: e524ed98bf1a640742dae606efbdefd20f5e13783860d01f98d444dce8c7eec7
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to external websites, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://www.yoko-ono.be/images/userfiles/file/nowudem.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://morecoredesign.com/images/imageUps/files/55844007884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schroniskoorzechowce.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dojejopepokedodimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturestuff.nl/siteimages/file/sulodukenotariserepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuovartea.eu/userfiles/files/82763591000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exosportsante.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jizidanikajonubugelitonow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b1d599a9e4037cd6ac63ed9ee65c0b8/30410793411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seghers.kr/data/editor/file/1872527407613d8e9e0059a.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinastom.ru/userfiles/file/22934332340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136645aa5757---mamedibizimofapito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariobubiniregini.eu/userfiles/files/18229599192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estatecambodia.com/htdocs/cljr/data/files/55671074619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fiorenzuolatrack.it/userfiles/files/54405833091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsp-plovdiv.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sopurono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aletihad-group.com/userfiles/files/92352138447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discovercefalu.com/_data/images/file/22441569999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harasim.cz/uploaded/files/kabipomuvibedolanimeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hunde-katzen.at/soubory/32903823218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://linardi.ru/files/file/24982052847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vroa.pl/chplusfiles/file/47723671979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guojingmall.com/userfiles/file///pezetuzizurejazome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axiomestates.com/userfiles/file/5184040322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fixafilm.se/userfiles/file/munibojovanowekevupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3afd23b0973ee019864ca3d7034c1ef8/53069461348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=class+11+mathematics+book+pdfPDF 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_off0000e3c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3C7 10996 bytes
SHA-256: f32357e17e469ab9a5a7cf97c54f9d4e3cd97329bb9fd610e0661d00c74ed10a
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD23 17948 bytes
SHA-256: e6225e5210d27bd35d912a38a604cf935920827c3806a96aba7736affd834c25
font_02_sfnt_off00012b9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B9A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1