Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e6e57d1283db578c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 09:33:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 45f3cf25b7fa299bce912bc0331cf0ba SHA-1: 0ef354ebf4a56c41f479fd9e030ed1d886163d23 SHA-256: e6e57d1283db578c4bd0dff5fc42a1f19add899538f7bb27eac2ee977a3db4cf
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=two+step+equations+maze+worksheet+answer+key PDF link annotation
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r9prgf8k562r6fh2qu7dfu8k47/wegapifepobabumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://machinex-machines.com/UserFiles/File/fezinewaxatefuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3bb24096f6---51017014818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sikahaiphong.com/images/news/files/sunimosug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asja-doll.ru/userfiles/file/95519833643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afe66fcc0c8---lolajuguzibotulazageb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jncs.kr/page_data/file/20210714014945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vivalepurrexotics.com/clients/2/2f/2f65fe2011b8f0b07f64c29a74835a02/File/5571786823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imobilestore.de/userfiles/file/47136658099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608655b7268d6---25674644924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6de0119d5f---xezakorijorop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nikacarpet.nikacarpet.com/My_Project/Hamishe_bahar/ahar_img/files/23029021910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tyrtaios.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16807640568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.willmarareachamber.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93530410332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e63a81a38f4---dedojokavunisupipugese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e33mv655a50hm6i5i82pla5pi2/luxunabafixobasulivukobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b31f2e5c335---48852836104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieuthimayphat.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/butoxadoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.huntsvillepr.com/files/files/51244647368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dd1d517c5c---wiwuxudafajib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ranahytta.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2389536084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilit.ir/basefile/digilitir/files/vujanawuxuziwirunemularu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tahi.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rugorux.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_off0000b88f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB88F 16196 bytes
SHA-256: 794da883dfb7e0d1ba232e35f973771dd4ef16e8cf177a5126434ec6b7c2ef3e
font_01_sfnt_off0000e1b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1B3 11032 bytes
SHA-256: 644640b481d7eeef9bb8628413e6f1924f4436c01b8b02b326dff34efda3ab9a
font_02_sfnt_off0000fb47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB47 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1