Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fd7d28a78f315817…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.4 KB Created: 2021-09-09 14:37:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: da0d91dd47a5eef882ac0ac09eca6968 SHA-1: 897d53067fb391931ee31e133691322f9e0ca2c3 SHA-256: fd7d28a78f315817c3ecb23f7fd2e5775a1100925352d96dfa7d5ec4991088aa
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised websites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the attack by hosting links to further malicious PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://oxfordjsr.com/userfiles/file/satedewuverasuxaxizewu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mofrantech.com/userfiles/file/tulideret.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjxbw.cn/userfiles/file/68083171178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dinskayarealty.ru/media/file/12693734546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dfanchem.com/upload/files/95250708557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiozoppini.com/userfiles/files/torozazaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rld-carbon.ru/file/tusiwetivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thcscatquea.hoaiduc.edu.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19843881848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sport-konyv.hu/userfiles/file/60361224550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8aqmsj6is4n27c9rahseg99te/51971738680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lazeo.nl/userfiles/file/suwukotunifixuzafodidipup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://achwvs.love-mrt.com/upload/files/xamagidofinekavokomuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://senvietsystem.com/ckeditor/upload/files/68992659660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hermandadperdon.es/userfiles/file/97291924749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133657bc8814---71576946088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79c974d5331dabaf96da5540afb0cc35/gakuwegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130f8503c165---95447114804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wcsps.com.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rafalufeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flashdisplay.net/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210908143716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariacittadivignola.com/userfiles/files/23234717811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kyochonbuenapark.iorderfoods.com/uploads/files/19509232896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nirmalapublicschoolerumely.com/userfiles/file/pefelefes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fixafilm.se/userfiles/file/25081680082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=clash+of+clans+server+hackPDF 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_off0000b34e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB34E 17508 bytes
SHA-256: 12e511ca82db7d4bed78f83d6a6c34b878249cb97e473380823fed98818fe793
font_01_sfnt_off0000e078.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE078 10432 bytes
SHA-256: 745a6d3ebef762fc6c4878a0a0f9dbfd60d8aec57d3ba35e9c0868159bbbec6a
font_02_sfnt_off0000f820.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF820 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1