Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e7e90bede8edf8a4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.0 KB Created: 2021-08-28 07:00:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 281b4df77a2c22904b617bb11b22da7d SHA-1: 47e25e40e4a18d8460630b184af8cbeb2a4d63fb SHA-256: e7e90bede8edf8a47001aae404886431e707abb8ef6e36015d3de8f226043441
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 CMS platforms or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm or SEO poisoning attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of external links and the overall structure point towards a lure to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=explain+the+development+of+a+cold+front+occlusion
    • https://mosaicopeoplecorporation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87773356948.pdf
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a26f2c89cf---64610071392.pdf
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd49767a174---vigiwel.pdf
    • https://goez3.com/10005001208290177/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pudotomalubakigirekage.pdf
    • https://www.mixedclass.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i38sqjfi6s38gk89evrg6rbe89/67014419809.pdf
    • https://forumhotel.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i3dauu6gnbikmo5pmphr6ac613/pumumokigupitawame.pdf
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a93o6ef8l1ecijasn0lpjrca7/64629057386.pdf
    • https://patc.fr/imagesfile/2591340171.pdf
    • https://ispartaorganizasyon.com/ckfinder/upload/files/66778254994.pdf
    • https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8516850780e7a97215f23ec3edc6e3d/78577438359.pdf
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16118c53ebc87c---91279369320.pdf
    • https://crpm.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lalabasodanigodejegijugam.pdf
    • http://wojno-stal.pl/pliki/file/76350360571.pdf
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e55795e22da---tazafi.pdf
    • http://studioriboldi.eu/userfiles/files/guzetefez.pdf
    • http://www.hermosabeachbungalows.com/userfiles/files/tutikasinedopik.pdf
    • http://kasargod.net/uploads/file/zotivojuxanujuxem.pdf
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607142cdc3da3---xegitika.pdf
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f2f114d80c---24758327498.pdf
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1dc28ef9bcdee77d26ff8184cae84ab4/90673433531.pdf
    • http://rkmaster.ru/uploads/files/wevuzotunebazososal.pdf
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e46271369ae89c6a3e3d1b77df9f335a/24737591271.pdf
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q2a617f2tsft29t1n2f21rsa2b/33615730730.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000be7c.bin
17fe0c04109447b29fbf1cf2d40f9f83c3e59f1cf7371ec4ed3c98b0abf64f4f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE7C 14792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e3d7.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3D7 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000fbee.bin
471a73d5bddf3c473fe7029d43448e294b955a3b2d01463391a05669fad0274b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBEE 11136 bytes