Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1383a618f9f7bb65…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 12:51:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 7252fd7421097a397f1341a3b03e28c7 SHA-1: 0f65fe0e11cf7603635404e0ab8fe997372f8d74 SHA-256: 1383a618f9f7bb65479ad39d640486e8499df12d8f5f887cdd87a9aacf303824
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ClamAV as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. It 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 ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and URL patterns suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://nsfeed.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/zosekefezakodi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e34e85e441bd0aa09cfc72a766d5a48f/rilujigijifazuromiretiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ranjitabiswas.com/userfiles/files/88977204570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dcbestwings.com/uploads/files/rakivarusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e5edafa907502bce8ea59f4a9af793e/xalanolodowopif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hiperaktivite.info/userfiles/files/15251988170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelstore.tn/userfiles/file/50881763512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adc9ddc79ca---63165547664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a49d90c255---95173690132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c4db98523c---wotunegigiron.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b33ca57f2ee---sopogoxixave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allcreaturesinc.com/files/files/67406601332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160826ab202932---80187148295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariocigliano.com/userfiles/files/sepojon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kayapalinakliyat.com/file/xejezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donkaew-furniture.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/paxobux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hockeydh.com/files/ups/files/favifegud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davcpundri.com/css/file/luderotovetopenuguda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perleyparish.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7cb994e03bb57607cccf2c4910f7f5cb/30421867532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klasykarozrywki.pl/public/images/fck/file/befasuberixikusavuneviv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.psalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ac0bb4ea2ff4c80245a46062e8b6818/gejoxojumifemivubofozila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e2793b96caf---25894526159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teknis.it/userfiles/files/18041294992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agatanorek.com/files/file/6557494331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charming-dc.com/uploads/files/202108141750506776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=wedding+reception+program+script+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_off0000edec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDEC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010603.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10603 10908 bytes
SHA-256: 2bd6fe333e53ceff9126b0a180ef771633a7b407af2d462165054a8f2f767737
font_02_sfnt_off00011f06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F06 17728 bytes
SHA-256: 47f6744e11ecb680ffeaeab53f27d7e7e208dc5519a3a1e38ca25ab0082cf1cb