Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f597667fd113d53b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-09-14 08:05:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 45a625bccfe52e1b1687f57d3b783d0c SHA-1: bc2f8704c62d480d4908e4ef6b6eab6fcfd1067c SHA-256: f597667fd113d53b818310025ddc6e227499202956c2d8fd6168b11bf045f20a
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 presence of external links and the overall heuristic profile points to a spearphishing attachment attack vector.

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 https://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=short+erotic+stories+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://geofer.eu/userfiles/files/11131227466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artinterior.bg/userfiles/file/27793788064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafbjcazdrhzgiddbbcsg4l.xn--p1ai/pict/file/kibidagabozirikowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shieldtech.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65318196546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baglab.pl/galeria/file/74895373000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aironface.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b40cb2590c13ba0bdfe52b6fc7b95fd8/8378580922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaisomboonautopart.com/userfiles/files/27789468013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161371dba59eb3---39387075914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://knshzj.com/CKEdit/upload/files/46403560263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ardeche.proximeo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62051718050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abhinavabhishad.org/userfiles/file/tananidikurur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/fesulorobulonoxalorajig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gagiongvitgiong.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60702785056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbe7e9a327fa4063041c9d835abfff6c/964389070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistakalikotenetwork.com/userfiles/file/wufela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tanriovermensucat.com/uploads/genel/files/33501931677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tourgardan.com/basefile/tourgardancom/files/tafomakosuwuxunebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cf2349b409---renafale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l5ecqeqicgpiiqusj5vvniu6q2/xabudogaxixupidowutilaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pantonerestauri.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34115313335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jfac.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/webememugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilghirlandaio.it/userfiles/files/1015039115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mut-zur-veraenderung-hambuch.de/userfiles/file/keludolet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fe541a91b8---43762253402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serenetour.com/image/upload/File/28320903232.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_off0000e913.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE913 10480 bytes
SHA-256: eea074e9efd4fce3d37f436e6feac058b71e05664e2013307fab836d7295363c
font_01_sfnt_off000100fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100FC 18196 bytes
SHA-256: f1c0e930cfa54817943a7b99a78caf49a1245f495e0a6b77fc68d5ebcbe712d4
font_02_sfnt_off00012fa4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FA4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1