Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f0ac183040b345f5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-09-15 10:47:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 403f11f8527940cc3eae6f882ab53161 SHA-1: dfb943653ea6aff6aa01d91bec7a3b63cbe8a2ff SHA-256: f0ac183040b345f5b1b274e10f5911f906c2fd5c7c989711fea4c9564d6300f0
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded links, many of which lead to external websites, including compromised WordPress installations. The presence of a high-confidence ML classifier firing and ClamAV detection strongly indicates malicious intent. The links likely serve to redirect the user to phishing or malware distribution sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://ajarnveerapong.com/UserFiles/file/95546945800.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://air-separation-supplier.com/d/files/bafub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hflchw.com/upload/file/31554532636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo-kayros.com/userfiles/file/wekifoxozanesujipakizan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shen-su.eu/gfx/userfiles/files/fenilebetisuvowigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bachtungcompany.com/upload/files/26626699544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjzhtchem.com/upload/files/93952896198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613964e7b3a8b---fudanerowene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jhdjt.com/images/upload/File/54064496484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saydersan.com/firma/files/83072620164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nmways.com/uploads/fckupload/file/zovexopumubonotekifiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomedicoveterinariobellucci.eu/userfiles/files/kusujupegokijodiforiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tano-cable.com/d/files/vopupizemuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapempi.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xelakazuzofumopix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://silarperu.com/UserFiles/file/zosopobifaranopabuvotuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161410e3caeced---ximeginamogokatixulota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceramicaartisticamarsalese.it/userfiles/files/31942977578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnex.cc/images/blog/file/dedubepikojosakogovorefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almudenafernandez.co/ckfinder/userfiles/Files/10542412361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://safetypadlocks.eu/eurostyl/photos/file/tomoxuluratinebemukejow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zzfcw.com/file/fkimg/file/jatuwadakupitisatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblo.ph/app/webroot/img/files/lalamigejala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heldermusic.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/poruxejubijemivunakomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02da411755b2c0bcb10a1627024e5a1e/12633951552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=iq+test+questions+and+answers+pdfPDF 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_off0000d685.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD685 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee9c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE9C 10728 bytes
SHA-256: 24447ecf24b076270d88e1dd7ee769b96fe0ddf467597b0b8671fa788b71d1fa
font_02_sfnt_off00010738.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10738 17716 bytes
SHA-256: 90a6d37f35bc810ceac5367e35625ca4e0f5125ce424e10e17874d679c8e110d