Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e7bde4cb76a5e912…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-09-18 11:15:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 8438c9fe78ec609a432d26c7c6f32d3b SHA-1: c362ac691a44567268860f6d2e7ced3c0f4e8292 SHA-256: e7bde4cb76a5e912710f878626836d21fc06d84e29b4907e1f70d3891224160f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. This suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt, where users are lured to malicious websites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ee0002d9ca---pigopifikufulewajelemu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gplacestracker.com/userfiles/file/80385773497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doosradashak.in/ci/userfiles/files/jonedubop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3e-recycling.ru/app/webroot/filesfiles/nejuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elhammagazine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tavonupupuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoaiduc.edu.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sipiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitytradefze.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pubesujipuvok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zetrade.cz/userfiles/file/235569955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fashiongale.ro/userfiles/files/30839657315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakakmanis.com/contents/files/44097160483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://someteme.com/archivos/_20210907115223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holidayservicemarsala.it/userfiles/files/48791605371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freewest.at/zelomozovejit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://satisfytech.com/ck/upload/files/bisebugujefinuretu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4efv77258jsqb37h6f4qb2bm0k/kerodaxuleve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134c3a344a77---85846530265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://media-get.com/userfiles/files/11075841736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariovianello.eu/userfiles/files/26515525028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manuscripthandler.com/userfiles/file/7111814789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cahayamimpi1.com/contents/files/94627883699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reklamavysocina.cz/UserFiles/File/pemepizifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614201098fdef---38495375942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://distriparkbotlek.nl/userfiles/files/42647876074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creteotels.gr/FCKeditor/userimages/file/17815082918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=chal+mera+putt+twoPDF 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_off0000f0a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0A3 18612 bytes
SHA-256: 4af3ce0f7b838a8962129cdb5f885a3133bd1cd0c7d75464a95f031971e808f1
font_01_sfnt_off00012114.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12114 10372 bytes
SHA-256: a14a882784a2b01718698f3c1230c2157516b59dac9d7311e23fc72c80e05377
font_02_sfnt_off00013898.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13898 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1