Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 10df8f5b433d2231…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-06-19 23:42:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: f9cc24d564322663cd8d3829156ecae8 SHA-1: 66a4988bcdc1766a391332ec6021dd83a37d5fcb SHA-256: 10df8f5b433d22316b57157915dc936d92033a2bf3ec65f51d21dcff152a5d0d
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports this, suggesting the document is designed to trick users into downloading a malicious payload. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly confirms the malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ielts+made+easy+writing+task+1+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://apsco.ly/userfiles/files/xixusoniruwunogobevosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southtours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p7423s6kn4plger1fr08anp0q9/31939294982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18b3b6346debe2041d54b65f4549cc77/liperon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmediahouse.com/admin/uploads/file/pimodapafixuxetipegit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hgdskmb1cu7o4lrjig257hus73/39123323572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c897bad79dc---viwifojazam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samuiluxurytravel.com/Uploads/file/kifoziweboneridutanamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c166fe02afc---85631902286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097dcae6c4d9---95881553146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeronautike.com/userfiles/file/30211696365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspirans.com/files/file/47860610668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkhigh65.com/clients/4970/File/janofidosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18vpvcktf4slbldedom8tn6kl3/76030615875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ckknlobcn3uvni1cfp0p7sl7nc/5043247510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spectrumohio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ac23c3e99f200afbf1a095f86ec3be9/18273396075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cb91882fe6ebfd8f682cc1f3cc1b7cc/38717808836.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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn 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_off0000df2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF2A 5608 bytes
SHA-256: 838695ab290d52db7cdcd1d3b5a86313d867309a792da117fef187b72135fcb7
font_01_sfnt_off0000f24c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF24C 11180 bytes
SHA-256: ecd4d945fdb5d9801a06726a77ff233900768c52e11674d62e1c49194c772d62
font_02_sfnt_off0001189e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1189E 16464 bytes
SHA-256: 17037c8c641722f856a120d0e3ff5eecdede545f15f57d57f497661ea890d81c