Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fd6de537b41ae89b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-10-15 11:19:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: e51892cff840fc91c61c3726ba778d7b SHA-1: 1533bc15a4d4a02ce6df34fb45bec8881b2a84dd SHA-256: fd6de537b41ae89b69d270f0cba22aa2f0be6296d5c5de69643f9545c40bcd1a
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains multiple links to external resources, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. The primary attack pattern involves directing users to potentially harmful external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://silverk.ru/img/lib/file/97961696593.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ametansk.ru/uploads2/mowonadili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://my-hustle.net/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/49859207359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cjmfgxfollow.morefriendship.com/upload/files/48467992796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laros.cz/UserFiles/file/72186337712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tarnava.eu/user_images/file/67742356628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palami.by/images/file/jomojadivixax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neapol-m.ru/usr/file/vanajuxeveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hot-pol.com/images/file/pejobegezafuvabepazate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://life-homeshop.com/asset/uploads/files/vijoguwakomovedogufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poketomecam.com/uploads/files/ferubidowepekubumipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://facades-et-traditions.com/actualites/file/17966349249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1ae99fe27214242abe22f8fac36abbd/bejepipamifovemabaxen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnrealestate.in/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/23162947668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kovofilm.cz/userfiles/file/31710690761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161641a0c728c5---soreb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614fe4dded810---dimatatojagopajek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krakow4you.pl/krakow/files/lisasawon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xtremefitksa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jefir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wanyuantemple.tw/userfiles/file/25181510123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golaw.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131c77ca3b9f---miloniladotesadazagud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sutipatika.hu/userfiles/files/rosupesoxibijotosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maiodi.com/userfiles/files/78912605948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariosanfrancesco.com/userfiles/files/44701108222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MbOu/~3/23D8k0Ec_6w/uplcv?utm_term=i+miss+laughing+with+you+quotesPDF 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_off0000d8aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8AA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0BC 18044 bytes
SHA-256: 19439759a140f9986bad940e0fc5df45667c1bd6ab2789691f57a765b49ebeb8
font_02_sfnt_off00011f3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F3C 10852 bytes
SHA-256: f27b4bbd17e511b167e4dbd9622083a92f4621dc2d899113704ff723289c7888