Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f512f8caba7cb1a5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.3 KB Created: 2021-08-09 02:29:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 59457d1e3be64782cb27eeb3cc6337e4 SHA-1: d8cdf6f1314d3a632c21b646e9884c5048c69f20 SHA-256: f512f8caba7cb1a5aaf3e727cc42e7e82e4ef5cb18d3fcd9ec5bee0abaa74491
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as containing malicious links and being part of a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV also identified it as malicious. The document's structure and embedded links suggest an attempt to redirect users to external sites, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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://martonelektro.hu/files/file/34061343473.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://toshiba-center.ru/uploads/files/41539476646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aadhaarretail.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/11830342874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pb4m4rquotv6dcrc2b920spv0d/wotegalutomojuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biemmecommerciale.eu/userfiles/files/54667912439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160840f40606ba---bivamufivoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/phsgpgo6gldp1rjf29bgs6n8s7/dazomoloburorejuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhvuongthuphap.com/upload/ck/files/jupogunutenuxigikokoguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l19mkg6e02jifh2k8i6ms8ck6f/bubefovonojukowixulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kadh.kr/bobod/upload/file/sukamozuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matsonconstruction.net/userfiles/file/nebojugapud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c69840773e---29271912615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cherishedmomentphotos.com/clients/8/84/84fe84b553acfcd191e166b7401b6f02/File/71048053672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a95e281da11a598721da947ea11e951/petifisorinexome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiaangkorhomestay.com/userfiles/file/dotaviwudeder.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tavio.ru/files/file/85102404886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c3tf6r82r2goraqslgcmggo41/87784184478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b21c811e0340d4b78f971e1400b9f639/bizetuxomebuzividi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e5f9eb931b5---78631502421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baconbites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0gk4fviclc9bq3jr2cfo5305n3/kovot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montaze.org/democms/userfiles/file/27017764348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072e5a7530b9---zarevomaxidijewaporemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terravistahometeam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22f136e3a25b558106429e5991918b7a/wajibetosubusapixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079d730230a4---sajivukinuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=best+way+to+learn+sketchup+programsPDF 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_off00010fbf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FBF 11176 bytes
SHA-256: 047fdc8badf308d92f8faf933f49df4ed7fe04e0a9d306215e2c4568600ac2fe
font_01_sfnt_off000129de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129DE 17968 bytes
SHA-256: 2562ad962343074286a7221b7a00934184ea1f057267ac7f16ea28741cb7964b
font_02_sfnt_off0001592a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1592A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1