Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1348d9c15cd07e4c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

110.9 KB Created: 2021-07-01 21:14:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: ca3f34ae0c3d9d0017fe901d8888071f SHA-1: a5de753de0dd0a788a9f1df20c60e5df29545f5c SHA-256: 1348d9c15cd07e4ce6f70b51d6b76de060593b7ef44e7444b844e486681e96ce
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the links and the ML classification indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=one+way+out+solo+tab PDF link annotation
    • https://www.chesapeake-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ccc276a670445d6b90a26ba61873356/2239242598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79f8bd93b4d3c00d7d1d0a612bfeabbf/62393684550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cariboohose.com/userfiles/file/bipofure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ffb2hcphnqcusv4klovatevqp/lerozuvugasasuzenoxol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e4a5cf02c3de078d3472ccc2c48be7e/93453482977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8e7005af0f23536618c1f65f3061564/48769886146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agendatourvietnam.com/hinhanh/file/54158602274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hg66l6rp0flp1blf6ho8vf7v90/20124171018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnex.cc/images/blog//file/53185694918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.3dreamchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0306f11dbc0a0c04b429ef4e9e2dfa7/59734178067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advokat.com/app/webroot/img/fck/file/kujizitavabaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j5v9jr9kg1u5ir3jiv5erafoh7/fobaboju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perleyparish.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e818254fe2441cd42e9667b274919fa8/22074879743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8eea8ecde7---27795278120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szzxwx.com/Upload/Upload/file/202171320127448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084421ca55d8---51779630117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baugeraeteverleih.de/benutzerdateien/19030745051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pilotcenter.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ncamsgg3apr1fr5g5cdepn287/37923030928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phoenixknights.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1448a1c64f658fc7c94a207e29afe4d7/raxitanukikogojalodexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euroroma-bg.org/files/file/salowedosovakuvufabupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/js7qsfmvrl47cuse20sl0650u1/pajodeluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xosobacninh.vn/webroot/img/files/41901549689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellerflows.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbb11a2902aff72c0a1fdd243590170b/34753518834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fed71c4b60---15918873191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99635120187f209f8cf88972dd27da19/79139379718.pdfIn 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://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_off00014e60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E60 10376 bytes
SHA-256: 5fa34c1068f0143b54b020f9f3235ab92710e6657556efc7b09ad0b1f3db627b
font_01_sfnt_off00016623.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16623 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00017e35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17E35 18060 bytes
SHA-256: 8aa4e873bee73515c2f6d456a20caebdec39814c40f2e09a986448500f07d18a

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