Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0895d0f48fee9fe4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-06-10 22:54:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 2c1f77958e86e5b68ab81830b4be08b9 SHA-1: 4dc6e99266de8176dd34c1c6ac25c1874789b3ef SHA-256: 0895d0f48fee9fe46e1aa9fac935fc9a71e19ed5c8df57da81f8c8628b2f0ae5
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF document is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it is designed to trick users into downloading a secondary payload. The presence of a "download file config http injector" message further supports this phishing and download lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9997

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=download+file+config+http+injector PDF link annotation
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4d0f280e51---26341895301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089380c22166---lijeduma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc4227aa9e0---5728285711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089971629f68---wibag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ab9991d353---wupajobimesosekinuzawivun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607356f2cf03e---23679690232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://10glazsikeyrosa.ru/file/85027156582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c200eb14c6e---lefidiferewarasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a1083b94b7---28312404677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iominneapolis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be9ea195e40f832fafcf0030032fcd7e/39731930344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b0547e5e2b---dipopawonasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dfc2587805---jawidazofanawizagawoviduz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plafondchauffant.fr//img/user/file/revaneduwanironomutagubex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dccc65377f---34507692251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbnbd9chja.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/11330241418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8cqip52b36pue74iebllflldq2/60297619434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qlsny.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c669b7e002b5e6ebe1468dcccada62f4/tejovezatilafezubenagaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pypconsultores.mx/userfiles/file/81122718536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reicar.dk/userfiles/file/pajixejazosamalidigigep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mtmnetwork.net/uploadEditor/files/mumonagupoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • 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
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_004_off00012dca.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x12DCA 19948 bytes
SHA-256: 944a723e3e1c15730f141ecd0b928ddd01a14224677905c9df3929d9081a486a
font_00_sfnt_off0000f432.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF432 5404 bytes
SHA-256: 8de432e8515a69fc044706054bfcd34fc5678c8264f825a228c25528b699f16b
font_01_sfnt_off000106b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106B8 11432 bytes
SHA-256: d21618892d4a8d45877665622291e913a57d97f8955b345ce32d99678b939355