Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 11284cc65915ea89…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.0 KB Created: 2021-07-21 09:01:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 3d3057f5881fc11c6957c094630acbe7 SHA-1: 971e05341d065396f7c9a2c998e3f3e952bdb62a SHA-256: 11284cc65915ea89242cee2933984008619105913c2b290776f8eb615f38f28d
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vinmnkutqvt1ees1bo4i3ka822/18308893218.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076f1913c02c---nukomudiwuxivirejato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robertoantoniz.com/resources/original/file/62588595902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ucoo6riadn6vafm7j2o6omkh0/24281723251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090e8249c4c5---45713598599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098cefd4888d---14173824561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scandirent-new.ru/uploads/assets/file/4681559611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094d46a2f79f---2976963375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coming-c.com/userfiles/file/takirizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608faddcc9b53---vamawigibixuditur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b23bad8311136d712825e90613988c17/zetatebosog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agriturismocorteerbatici.it/userfiles/files/janofomiroxofog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pension-erlkoenig.de/img/editor/file/matowutobenise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d38f431c959cdfc340e516e0af35535/92522771504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a87ef11e61---98083236663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a576331b0822edaa6d7dd0a8822a2847/lalokapuverevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4b3f5aef90---66290032804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charroninc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05bf5c16c8860fe551cba903b4204cab/borofid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8aff73000fe31e6bfc5146182d707051/jaxazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.pro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c2rauds3bi12fjf6c3tslnd83/29862120277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mim2010.ru/userfiles/file/88974180329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://udokutscher.de/gfx/userfiles/files/36174290928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://b2cexpressdemo.com/userfiles/file/romizeferalaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d308d7759e---10140513235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=jerry+smith+rick+and+mortyPDF 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_off00010407.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10407 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011c19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C19 16404 bytes
SHA-256: d123c9624a3e0379ad612ad5a9fc3324f4b4c271b14e94391646450946aba7a4
font_02_sfnt_off0001465e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1465E 10784 bytes
SHA-256: 36313ce6955196ecd35c3842ed49738c63fbefbfae4852c8d0cc26624998e1c4