Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fe6296f172f9230e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 04:43:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 845b26c2cfa1f64929652063867fc5c0 SHA-1: c5cad9f1c7f7f5ad61c2048812b7d3625505563a SHA-256: fe6296f172f9230e9003afb846ae9f3324f8c9935f78e04f358300f5fa0ea549
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were extracted, the heuristic firings related to URL link farms and compromised CMS uploads are highly suspicious.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9800

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://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9rcrv3o1gu8unipompgd0c08s1/23801857820.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/22666168162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodzlomu.com/userfiles/file/79403248992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brno-skoleniridicu.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuluvibixasekuxozizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ecbe7b8dfa744f187cce597d558c58c/74412016204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duocmyphamcongty.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/rokiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cebubigsellers.com/userfiles/file/12584625632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limblength-sldf.com/userfiles/file/94594683708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schmitz.cz/res/file/sobexaxatalozonefaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086e29c52a8f---9902105748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.myvzl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ejrsdnevp6vurgah55m5k55d2b/2196519063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assessmentinsight.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89986594772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28d93fd51d2c60dc4cf596b2b9fa2b26/zofufusigodegerakise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123natura.com/stockages/files/3083218913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://latework.cz/soubory/60193252991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ihfg8drirft7c2akjo98fltbk2/85413013619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotofidelity.cz/userfiles/file/giratakizogakepud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitebyside.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1830720cc6b741ceee299d07c3dbfcd7/potogazejeniw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malagi.pl/user-files/fck/file/55104314037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reenactmentmarket.eu/images/wyswig_images/file/tabekisumibobijekunutalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businessvaluationapp.com//fck_files/file/63431920757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callmarkinvestments.com/callmark/files/70565753165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adria-ex.com/images/blog//file/77490771733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161107be3b8e14---dazojogibadekazis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b180ebf837---kejonifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iti3q2sgi8mlt9r0j3hpqs0lq6/83561778290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=manual+de+literatura+latinoamericana+pdfPDF 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_off00011147.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11147 10704 bytes
SHA-256: 5d05299b2ca5cfb87fb6b70945409163c12b823794211c8bc215319c5fb42332
font_01_sfnt_off000129bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129BD 21468 bytes
SHA-256: c34843b0f7cb54f54f7e6f4be77c0a73c4f31411abdd800d203e919a33447a32
font_02_sfnt_off00016042.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16042 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1