Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1319d44ab814df3d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 04:37:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: d6e8f1670961e36318e0482ddd0f0e18 SHA-1: 53117aa676df77d403c73ceb01810f049a273193 SHA-256: 1319d44ab814df3d56da97a334481e9c36118d1a6ac52d75245f5e05cb4643ba
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, indicated by numerous links to external sites, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure point towards a likely attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b83a83554dc269272b9ed5bff2b834c/92566116126.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://beysukonaklari.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pujagos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bygreenpure.com/userfiles/file/boxuvudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tqhrag8dktii00nckvphenobm1/gemaruzifafiwotisebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rusiuojigalvoji.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c06bc36eebd---86669166932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baconbites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6q3fg44hb8rkfii9eod7uh5n34/14431002116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dienmaythanglong.org/uploads/files/zenivuwotepavusukejoleta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burgas-remonti.com/userfiles/file/9183690120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opersan.com/file/60660095199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41325942667fff5f87d0f876dac97cf6/gomosemabojiruvadose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ae69f60cfe---45625843411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57fded802b4d1dee648644a6e66f3a97/70705757561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ledesmasportsmedicinesavannahcentury.com/clients/4/44/449a5b3489ef279447e90cf6cdd72f1c/File/31631770735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68ccc7f9eb779ba2a4498080db818355/negeribijijafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16106a48ae4657---60838561556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077c8fd5de31---12333847499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peilimineko.com/userfiles/file/napexemaduwikomuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adbrf.com/files/fckeditor/file/3890826006123993f797b8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ce8fd70d779421d08d41821e6d974da/riwisiderasivagabataveta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wpsqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/765b570433b4004651611dc37e2b6736/15126612804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/bibelusezedij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chambredhotes-savoie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pevatudoxonozitujabavisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://therealmccoyfamilyreunion.com/clients/f/f9/f9ea119420dddc0cc5ac7622830b9f68/File/70822257414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=pengertian+kontraksi+otot+pdfPDF 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_off0000c9dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9DC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e1f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1F3 10720 bytes
SHA-256: a9fa510f6474c1891a63558275602c0c5a2eb46ddfded84c0cb6b03091dc76b7
font_02_sfnt_off0000fa87.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA87 15996 bytes
SHA-256: c9dbe0b60cd8cb60c1fff667e6111fe266a8405ea00b0228be763689f4d55f8f