Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1054b60cb4cce0e2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-10-22 14:10:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 616b459f59e04e1ce9c1708e03eb0e6d SHA-1: 63c435f726f96b368d90caf24dea0bdb059e4a1c SHA-256: 1054b60cb4cce0e299e5137d433d32de47b4e9e4453130e2ed5b693ed0d411ba
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms 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 presence of external links points to an attempt to lead the user to a malicious second-stage resource.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://notar-frings.de/userfiles/file/mizolekebizexovim.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pacemakerpressintl.com/uploads/assets/file/xoniba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://communitytreasures-co.ravebusiness.com/gbe/useruploads/blogs/files/gizupolavibujuxej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bash.cl/media/file/wasipiwemoditope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brs.jo/userfiles/files/23998403121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happy-playground.gr/uploads/_uploads/files/winexoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariocigliano.com/userfiles/files/jutetuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16171721195e27---7471920666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benthanhsgfarm.com/images/uploads/files/karetenedumaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--d1achljw0b.xn--p1ai/content/upload/33202482824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.douggoodkin.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45959632371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getampedmag.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52054672541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalitelivideoizle.com/resimler/files/kesuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614bebd1d28b8---besufexukerudesupepomaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gerastar.com/userfiles/file/pasinagovelibawuluwenor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615b79caac600---87676535027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chpcentre.com/files/file/nanutigasawiluwevekigoraf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strojsteel.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77321352366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotarent.tw/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210915_0405753C6516108E.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161605d43491a5---fefavekoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trackls.com/application/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73634980215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kfnmdg.com/upfolder/e/files/20210901205342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d5h09f0gmfjkcuqtmg0n2je6i/famoxadizajiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Gsjc/~3/EqozwcbAC44/uplcv?utm_term=medium+term+notes+for+salePDF 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_off0000d924.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD924 10608 bytes
SHA-256: 4dabf0cc2cf2bc262e522b749bd18d9ec7e5914d7daef69077adc55ae484b351
font_01_sfnt_off0000f15f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF15F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010971.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10971 18040 bytes
SHA-256: eca521a48eb537b374ebde9d18af936e52bafbe6ffb7cbf4aa8f7c847a46a423

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