Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f75ab488e710a50a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.3 KB Created: 2021-09-16 08:27:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 468879465a5fbbdfb0f6a4f1d4274fd6 SHA-1: fe7998c0b94bc740c5f52a394dce3a59342e21b0 SHA-256: f75ab488e710a50a89c80d7cdbceb4c26cf4951977dab6d7987c60b94c680d6d
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of numerous external links on compromised infrastructure points to a distribution mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://atasuorganiktarim.com/upload/ckfinder/files/64357967021.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edd35240c676b112411b1ab28b0b19fb/55128165001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s9mp8buohc4rluh06cb9p04et4/vedefubuvuwedolizerageru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f52268a8d91b4814bb2286a8f1c7c79b/lofebawibozosijojez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161365650db50e---89548918018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eis-pieschel.de/UserFiles/File/gisuroxezakuvimoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4acfbb26c8caf27eb30b7c890dcb9a7f/29161385584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://closehorses.com/userfiles/file/82989101665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lerucherdesanges.fr/userfiles/file/xitepuzumiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eravukappalpalli.com/userfiles/file/30313693897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carrozzeriabosini.net/userfiles/files/94722249679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://citytrafik.nu/images/file/99386932982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burlingame.com/wysiwygfiles/file/giguguma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infrastone.com/userfiles/files/xevakasiruvekegukugiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidarepavimentimarmogenovaealessandria.it/userfiles/files/jujerugakowegokojev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelojrobles.com/admin_initial_test/userfiles/file/72834727444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.solarwindependence.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97515809663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyogytornasz.hu/editor_up/50755433649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegman-kzn.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34032389387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dytac.hk/userfiles/21346709669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pierrelemagicien.com/userfiles/file/82879681069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastendmediation.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/lujuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1adcbbai1bezln.xn--p1ai/content/File/barakuliwifiduxinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onlineadda.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77869682291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcoquimicos.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/linimiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=download+ragnarok+x+apkPDF 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_off0000cd42.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD42 18400 bytes
SHA-256: 7fb548708f8c69bef72890b0300e792521437d3e9da2cbecd9858071593d1861
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC82 10360 bytes
SHA-256: 0d12ea4e66042d22d6cdc1b29e08f94f68f230ca12f64ad5422dd362090943be
font_02_sfnt_off000113da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113DA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1