Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ead0160c94252c16…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 08:08:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 364745169c6fecd94b1ffb9644edbf90 SHA-1: 0e4884cf45e1a73d866aa403fc6f8589db8326eb SHA-256: ead0160c94252c16c355b5aaded369960b239077c1856c906f50daa3b077dec6
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting, indicating an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

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 http://krevue.cz/UserFiles/File/fofidugodulod.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://infinity-pro.ru/userfiles/file/norugefunanitutas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mashtalkandil.com/userfiles/file/15311528398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607466d0ba4f2---nuzanemagorunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2647017d14d9911c4a1d4ddbe58b7f40/bubulolofofubewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b676f73ce2---kidejofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airholic.com/UpFiles/WebEditorFiles/file/2933197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daedukgs.com/admin/fckeditor/data/file/20210714013156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edu-mate.kr/_UploadFile/Images/file/wekitulezudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eiak.org/upload/editor/files/87308131696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--aknmedcal-wpbe.com/uploads/file/20463599767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieuthigo.vn/upload/ck/files/43456085125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scuolascifondocortinadolomiti.it/userfiles/files/99407998973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fa705495372c162cce2d33fa9ac122a/67486375279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankaser.com/userfiles/file/31686760279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k2blt7mv4obtto09ua5etodgb0/favugegafonetemiwumimujud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://crownprolaw.cn/userfiles/Proj_Name/files/70913746053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohsclassof73.com/clients/9/9a/9a21b0b253f7c4eafe662346d237c286/File/siferisarir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lifestaralberta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8ea3f71fb1---55352248160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb57d63c7b4dace11a7bb436495d4989/63313967924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://appchecar.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/divegifojizajodib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.odnpoznan.pl/fotki/file/file/86216220696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glbtrader.com/userfiles/file/dofozerupasim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fcv-bo.org/data/fcv-bo/userfiles/file/81892484995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61f7hvt2hbgn2b54f68eqtf064/puvuvukupuwizalikor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=schiit+freya+plus+manualPDF 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_off0001010c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1010C 18048 bytes
SHA-256: d28d0c8ffff3d790fcbdc91efafbfa4a15cff066f56a382211167f1acd53127f
font_01_sfnt_off00012f8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F8E 10916 bytes
SHA-256: f625cbbebf815988752c854962d55d70dae748e0f868d135ce3ed9e030590a52
font_02_sfnt_off000148a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x148A9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1