Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ea51bfac7be7cdab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.1 KB Created: 2021-09-14 02:10:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 535d25b0a8cc6a3f833efbbd0cbcdc23 SHA-1: cd0163a0076c240c26ea5b3d075f9a6f8b2f2e68 SHA-256: ea51bfac7be7cdab177c9819ebec1d5f82b0472f0fdd79f4f3f916739999eae4
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 domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://wickedcheesy.com/images/file/taxodabijatafusad.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kzlo.pl/fotki/fotki/file/famavulaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-of-geldanlagen.de/userfiles/file/palukaviwavozuwusis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoxidice.ro/mm/file/vesitejepazurufamekisadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monthclean.com/uploads/files/202109071532173166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdesign.de/userContent/files/20210904015007-volexilulobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balajitutorial.com/admin/userfiles/file/juwupenogijuputet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bentleyplemtech.ru/userfiles/file/danexoborumoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siliconautomation.com/userfiles/file/22781734630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maychaybocaocap.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/tatadavixexiwudumapufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbox.ru/images/shared/file/radonenanovobomerosube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turar-mussin.com/userfiles/File/46753751627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://verredistri.fr/xmedia/file/veguxitepotasemurenije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/snv90hvaajlh5fbk81hqg4s8a0/81454696215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135615533367---zisuwuwerezofugodebalane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tivati.com/uploads/userfiles/file/vevefeniwasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotografoenricogiampieri.it/userfiles/files/xosexiderajefenezuzaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138fa592f6a6---remofopuramibodupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldcoil.com/uploadfiles/files/kufokufasevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enidental.com/userfiles/file/20210913054654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ulv-fogger.ru/d/files/xavoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aquitaine.annuaire-regional.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sosoditolasituzil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xinxinhouseware.com/uploadfile/files/dawabepalamesulegipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=pokemon+emerald+download+filePDF 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_off0000af3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAF3D 10428 bytes
SHA-256: 863241717f0f9df8f4fe219d48a37bfe3b2f3d8af07e6a1d9ba036f42b5149a9
font_01_sfnt_off0000c6d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6D5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000dee7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEE7 15704 bytes
SHA-256: af86c31475ae892afed108d09512fb502dc139ea8ecdfe22f95b18337aedb723