Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e7ab30531b271117…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.1 KB Created: 2021-09-02 18:27:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 6ae3801be8e7f204c2214057a55f85c0 SHA-1: 5b121829f27bbe1f31e511ce4323885f12aeb1ce SHA-256: e7ab30531b2711173a9f37a496bc3658dcb38415ec707d8e7cb30f05c5c9002c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to external PDFs hosted on compromised WordPress sites and other disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a tactic to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://cafesca.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43429215924.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioscapindandrea.it/userfiles/files/32803076084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sport-way.ru/img/file/wivegoxagitikedafedaxasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160751bd249cd0---87514742344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d19309daa14329304332bb5ff476f98/42988626441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aquatherm-graz.at/files/rapiwejenojujifeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securityguardsupply.com/php/uploads/file/ranawifugakapakugovamur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srub-servis.ru/userfiles/file/17935971016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peintures-descours.fr/fichier/files/81017808183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a171c7be38---1688502338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tucholainfo.pl/userfiles/file/fafuvejikojelarafas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c6e2d7fc1c2396823b53b4b0e52bf81/80860365326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca0d441680---89658018242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c484b0bbca---88238536820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ed488f9fbf3---36267237134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://its-bulgaria.bg/files/file/xevifedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2i9n6kgejeg7tt63e2nsasvp39/fonogipekewar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7rf1jake4i679602qnvmrn68v5/40750128192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cometsecurity.in/admin/userfiles/file/someturixanexafumiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reflexlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f57bee3e0450254be0349dcad7c2f956/12664248653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16119bb44063ee---30791711977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/subipogelirasalev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlinecommerce.bg/uploads/pages/files/nudomagorodelox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f26244b74b9---tobajesekilitet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=instrumentarium+op300+installation+manualPDF 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_off00010a13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A13 20204 bytes
SHA-256: d071ab7e4d0fae31fb18aab85582096852848fc60c7cbb7847bc5132ad1a750d
font_01_sfnt_off00013dd3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DD3 10756 bytes
SHA-256: 5b861ff4a5fbe6a3e367bb73b00711767a9679ab291d5920198e24612287df3e
font_02_sfnt_off0001568d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1568D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1