Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f75319eb67244f65…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 19:27:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 8ffa1539a2d8bca3131eb9f8ffbb4730 SHA-1: d2cec918306b5cc625d219d89cd3dd4b8ab8163b SHA-256: f75319eb67244f65b820a2974ddd2faa39baa80a624dc93fff756e35bc975a25
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 to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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://qualitylightsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aefb7345c33952ae16ef7277be3fe684/nodelalimeza.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07a1928b3041a592bdcb32717c700942/tenasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://didacostruzioni.it/userfiles/file/46748120792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafkqcanfpgnhbng3b5i9a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/zitipowuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kuwaitpolyurethane.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/daxafuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaizenlife.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gusiwidugadasofogeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af1d06bf60e---70958788593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaurrieta.net/USERFILES_JAURRIETA/files/57118876542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankaser.com/userfiles/file/vajomufobolav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160884bb99a032---jegupebux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strategie-online.net/catalogue_dynamique/file/nupukobusakawase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://photographerin.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af8j4oopbe42882v36pk8c2p82/wefiviji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amon-syotengai.com/userfiles/file/xewigewuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jurabos.nl/include/editor/file/poselino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5924911797---52136910469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5rq7mklcj6dlgc57frs8534pgq/61505968593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/boxisifelabato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carrieres-pierre.com/userfiles/file/24431465034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegroverestaurantnj.com/userfiles/files/wofinokululoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carbonelite.ru/file/54641453181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agermag.ro/mm/file/jitomonanagutine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mya1fc.com/files/ckuploads/files/seguto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wawabed.pl/uploads/userfiles/file/nimakoroluxoripis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=professional+dry+cleaners+near+mePDF 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_off0000f2d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2D4 18544 bytes
SHA-256: bcdc80f4164e0fa21d393b76747fa600b4e6d681a6f108e8aa4536578554c248
font_01_sfnt_off000122fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122FA 10656 bytes
SHA-256: 77b04b4946e4be0b04d863a96a65c21f2f612e77e490cee8ef9989f58b9d5bb1
font_02_sfnt_off00013b5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B5D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1