Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 004a177b0643af36…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.3 KB Created: 2021-06-28 06:18:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 31e162a26923e7518a8baf80166f4c2d SHA-1: f301f7e5a0fe316395b855e7a08c7ae99ef3a9c4 SHA-256: 004a177b0643af36e3b888f9256a42685af46571121db9210f0ecc29f60cf9b8
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of external links and the nature of the heuristics indicate an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content hosted on these sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9932

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 http://sonet.vn/uploads/images/files/senosex.pdf
    • http://wirheiraten.de/images/file/55985285240.pdf
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f998069125b943c17b532d8a28617659/faxegewajomef.pdf
    • http://apexnepaltravel.com/userfiles/file/68943453117.pdf
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7516aeb59b---wugelawavi.pdf
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/237551ff65c8c1a81b4198e5195a37ca/bofajewowekale.pdf
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070749a249bb---89863292090.pdf
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a315fe084ab---35421122287.pdf
    • http://proreferee.ru/uploads/ckfinder/files/bubawigoxebejivosebakutot.pdf
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084391c8ab0c---26786369139.pdf
    • https://przyklejki.pl/userfiles/tarifapapakimo.pdf
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ornr9ru3fdkgaknp0e3t00l0v/lilemogirudo.pdf
    • http://jiangsutravel.kr/userfiles/files/20210605_050039.pdf
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abfd06bc15a---nived.pdf
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078c6c28e98c---20987760749.pdf
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad9725c78c5---76976993318.pdf
    • http://cuatro-pr.org/sites/default/files/file/97977889409.pdf
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160760f1990d57---56342937273.pdf
    • http://mitcostruttori.it/userfiles/files/93294716918.pdf
    • http://toeicspeaking.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/67899338577.pdf
    • https://plswa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95dd53944c17c5f1a5736ec709b5435e/81816103581.pdf
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071a3ce06f77---bezosopemukup.pdf
    • https://giolog.biz/images/bulk_images/files/20553216772.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=taanis+esther+2021
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dfb1.bin
a4538dc31a4a4143bd21d9809a2a00afa697e73310477d6be7ef3c635a1a642d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFB1 19464 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000111d5.bin
36c495e4cf12cdeffb1b801dfe3f2163179a257657e858844f3e0d428ba17666
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111D5 10296 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012919.bin
b34c84866cac7afc6c6391ed127e735632a128643ba7e867101fe4e41d68c9ed
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12919 17060 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00014234.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14234 16792 bytes