Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e62527426f4f2aa0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 22:03:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 79600cd3dd3c857424fa74638577ebb2 SHA-1: 8b15f88511e8894d0f8752ca596fa772a95c70e3 SHA-256: e62527426f4f2aa090064649f3018958e558e628322ab502789a71a5fa1d9e92
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains numerous links to external files, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading further malicious content. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is used to host and link to malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://villa-carlshorst.de/sites/default/files/file/muwabimugapitazafa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kovofilm.cz/userfiles/file/watezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2dv2es98faiptt05q6d3rhcta6/lutuweginirovaxav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fd0d1e63a0---22952466200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azco.friend-match.com/upload/files/dapipajofufufigesobep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istocdukkan.com/userfiles/files/88010313736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michellesmithscott.com/clients/36670/File/91128102897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahoba85.com/clients/2/26/26d353b61ac95a99d7df5001a3d58300/File/54983477653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608030fe45533---dafosoribisonalepivimov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maintogelonline.info/contents//files/napizudap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tetobox-budapest.hu/uploads/files/jomumetomajeruno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ariaparvaz.com/basefile/ariaparvazcom/files/geruvamidewususasuxusive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://learnrkbin.jugalbandiresearch.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kotasebogowadon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aduanaldelvalle.com/userfiles/file/dojodaxexuxetoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cesurmakina.com/userfiles/file/17232583501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chukgoobok.com/files/fckeditor/file/tadezexenutaxopabosaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eccdc.org/application/webroot/userfiles/file/zapimufusukezesilivuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b461470beca390bc74aa9d5498c30b6c/70455181548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bharatceramics.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dajeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rogierstoel.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lfq50ll1hddpnctr0u9lijhnd0/45011881397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qe3srq5q11q18nhk67g6u4kbgv/20539513250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boatmonies.com/uploads/files/merizod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mywil.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079e147448eb---84705645443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilghirlandaio.it/userfiles/files/pegizaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=legislation+defines+manual+handling+asPDF 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_off0000d7a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7A4 18612 bytes
SHA-256: 3647f802b94cdaa9d844e79ae09acbb9edc2a4b21e22e96239433d8ca3d7904f
font_01_sfnt_off000107a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107A6 10756 bytes
SHA-256: 6790533b4296c1714481bf5da68795e0a29132e30b1565c3218386425e626f83
font_02_sfnt_off00011ffa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FFA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1