Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ea7a0f4994a0f2c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-08-08 07:43:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 30b1fe3c8237d2ec99ff2a2e1eb99473 SHA-1: 06131425a945a2e0582e1d6e9b41e97e8b59f72d SHA-256: ea7a0f4994a0f2c107ad069170fd3ac0cb5e98b9933e007e5fba2df2148d8e43
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=comparatives+and+superlatives+exercises+pdf+esl+library PDF link annotation
    • https://angelsstaff.com/uploads/file/vusez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skrabl.pl/www/rpbd/fck/file/44179879187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anthonygillant.com/userfiles/file/matumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160875b3cc2c3a---51687466002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkaufs-akademie.com/userfiles/file/47560589377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliglobshop.com/userfiles/file/xufumatejanugutegagena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geose.ru/userfiles/file/vozuzewofup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087750193b54---13999180979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607975d4ebe09---34741301111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160893630b5731---situzatojojok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutstudio.it/userfiles/file/22347324826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phatnang.com/media/ftp/file/xakijeneserijaren.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7af447facf---93746618923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baldonimarcostudio.eu/userfiles/files/33766910287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brucemaymemorialgolftournament.com/clients/d/d2/d245e0393a5bbb16d67b82808c007790/File/nadopirez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--o39a91gvwm83kbsn.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210618_A26F9823302F881F.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaptenhoki.net/contents//files/99199176784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colorfusion.us/admin/images/file/37660181192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://commune-bourre.com/userfiles/file/8211587916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://himanshikitchen.info/viking1/uploads/files/nujunekudegoxokesisax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4seasonstours.in/userfiles/file/78503372342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b73f0775157fd0390217a822d35bae4/40769071610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fcb0fdd977---71723375890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a32f3945e875b044754cb1d6f45932e/sedazeferurux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f4be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4BE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010cd0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CD0 18072 bytes
SHA-256: 155f783d059d15161ed48188e2b4003834fbfd5260cba012ce203a669a89d4a3
font_02_sfnt_off00013c27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C27 11336 bytes
SHA-256: 3dbbdc149111e4ecaa9a4ba346dfec51a542851e9e36e30e998bc27a9ea2ab93