Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e80d4da0c0114e19…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-20 14:30:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 11e2d59822d8e656952cca1806cbcb93 SHA-1: b2536fd397c60aaa184dfaf6eba63fced2f4d69f SHA-256: e80d4da0c0114e195b3aaafc6becf5289fbb4d800a85dba7f3ca39af65ef730c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains a large number of embedded links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the embedded links and the PDF structure are indicative of techniques used to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://mskgroup-spb.ru/upload/file/zikunires.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e26e8e8354---xezisanokedupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baruraprotidin.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/32729382500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://demo-jesma.shopcloud.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8280061134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buren-kompanie.de/userfiles/files/dorigegixozakowodij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://podiummagazinenews.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nilaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/as2cjk3uhq09uuhv6pbagalc80/52878047210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legyenegyjonapod.hu/userfiles/files/rirativudawutegixeferovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cafemsoffice.com/userfiles/files/53578918696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alacartedesign.de/userfiles/file/58061030339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ef4cf62e8e---16400055957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bndweb.nl/upload/files/17197398865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomboy2.com/images/library/File/sagutetopugimewutop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valerart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kixabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9nil9b8vqtkhs6m3rlslh84hcp/setixaligula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soft-pro.hr/upload/datoteke/petod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehomerealestate.org/images/file/xapatofilekojupugereroton.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8501737a856f869ad2dc9a2a148ab02b/97359453941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emmaushuis.org/pages/bujunexapujusuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a18e02422e---jexozazazumabilifuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saletime.gr/admin/fckfiles/file/52942884228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l520i5vbgpga37pfbp0141slj1/92587532995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/befigiwajawifar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amirafouad.com/uploaded_files/file/95002788854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/957c409788a3b4fd0840d811f9ece6aa/72704000642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=id+military+drum+unturnedPDF 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_off0000e253.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE253 10288 bytes
SHA-256: 9599b3cf4ea1a8c4fa0c90b5d68d69baeb85deb139e885da4c140272bfaa6e26
font_01_sfnt_off0000f964.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF964 18996 bytes
SHA-256: fbc57f89913d0839fdc54b9f92bce74512a8519bf764d89a7663007b528fa081
font_02_sfnt_off00012a6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A6E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1