Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 104710e05df4d03f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-09-02 07:15:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: c0c8476257d7b16f97d2439f926aba52 SHA-1: bb0da2fb6cfabb52cdb2e12137b59c1c7a0646d1 SHA-256: 104710e05df4d03fc8f963e1d13e9abfa5a29936c040e0bdba22ab4d80806867
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest a phishing or trojan payload is intended. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the attack by hosting these malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://airconbank.com/upload/fckeditor/file/54402993754.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://0vote.com/ckfinder/files/34638931351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gildiamasterov.ru/userfiles/file/41102620086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peneleos.pl/userfiles/file/fevawazaruzedeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb4dptq1lbkj1ko6qqu1nisdh4/nogetugiwagamozekexobipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2cd2bde91b---wotimigajikisedotegawawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://havanic.com/cache/fck_files/file/1309198676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dagmare.de/userfiles/file/kekofesapel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://belst.by/upload/file/89254477805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160832ecb5be63---kujejiwegoronis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e889d46dcb---54104258931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stardentalcare.org/userfiles/file/wisizavutego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harasim.cz/uploaded/files/xifedudosejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trendybiz.in/usersfiles/file/vubido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c87bd9bfe0---lisixusaniborepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ac68e91e0c---76045498974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tipresentoio.it/images/file/53811447032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ochoadentalcare.com/tacgestorcontenidos_ochoa/documentos/file/89247438652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--fct8ml6mwue.tw/uploads/files/ludigukemedofanole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kartelabasligi.com/images_upload/files/68850296582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ba46570ec1---31596477566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c325df81b41---modunofudaxejomuxek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomarcheluzzo.it/userfiles/files/90382377273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jscorporation.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a5f10a24cd---dofuvobixafazevapamen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dae86f3503---62310985388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=my+baby+has+smelly+feetPDF 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_off0000e79c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE79C 17572 bytes
SHA-256: 0db02e09551b77400975c6c53967da294bfdd27522c8d0675efd95d5e84d38cf
font_01_sfnt_off000114cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114CD 10308 bytes
SHA-256: f4b738b9cd7a7ef09840405f61439fc81ef0b4f0ba0d020f1f52a5a90414a432
font_02_sfnt_off00012c1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C1C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1