Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e593b656f01721a4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.3 KB Created: 2021-09-27 01:32:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: c0ff26d7a0ddb624239bb14e343537f0 SHA-1: 6717ccba4da61032285147cd48a5d60f3530bdd3 SHA-256: e593b656f01721a4b329c486968d0aa01c281a28a9a59552498f151c317c4b72
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The heuristic firings indicate a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious nature of this document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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://tzsunup.com/upload/57327116240.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lwim-ouargla.dz/ar/files/87312017522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldendoodlesofthesierranevadas.com/userfiles/file/61385168669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalbi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wisazigokimuliwexuwoder.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poney-club-romilly-aigre28.fr/userfiles/file/siraniguwukuvezafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lixtech.com.tw/ckfinder/ckfiles/files/16756051265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jakpaisanestate.com/images/upload/files/juvorijutik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arerp.kr/data/file///14879950936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9a32cf9303eaceaa1cb94352454d0d3/82491278100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musicfriend.vn/public/default/ckeditor/files/rolanixofif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a2844b441d---naduzosegoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/momekinojelodixugajeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ducnhua.com/upload/files/92202551168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szm.hu/userfiles/file/vuraf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ckmusicdesign.nl/userfiles/file/xaginuleve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://papiratisk.cz/soubory/52960731009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hitourkorea.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210903_92DCB6360F070F87.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameralehiep.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/jitifujexijenako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://12shio4.com/contents/files/58027749134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ee9d797af91a41370cfad353c91b4da/fijufutepoxakasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fishandcosolicitors.com/uploads/files/dedusesugaziwiwewopipego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herbwaterthailand.com/userfiles/files/tegirozol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbixaydungcantho.com/canthomobile2/public/images/sanpham/files/tetavete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=android+music+player+that+plays+wma+filesPDF 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_off0000af65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAF65 11164 bytes
SHA-256: 7d301c8226cb3c1c1d416af1604bcec0588e06cfc0d6e81dd8b74db45e1d8a7d
font_01_sfnt_off0000c96d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC96D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e17f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE17F 17184 bytes
SHA-256: 21280e2ab047f17195776caf3386c929da0286c6df3408672d373cd59c6543aa