Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1786db1df67943b0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-07-24 11:09:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 0095d69b4e80cb246581b7156cd4723b SHA-1: 9fcef96832348fed6e61dc26cf601172ddc7bccc SHA-256: 1786db1df67943b08888aa72743277ed3e29457eec081693f093b3e7b7f75a20
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to lure users into downloading further malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

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://telegid.tv/userfiles/files/lexivaruwerazebikolok.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608671f9d66d5---34317383774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://projectbudapest.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a243c2767db---48097443371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f6552b8675f---lawux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huile-de-nigelle.info/userfiles/file/25879342606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://developmentassociationofnagaland.org/nbloom/fckuploads/file/18258462830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiahealthcaredentalcentre.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sagexuduvusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s4efd96298rkv7ktf0mc354ife/28893563232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c021da2102---59120281155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abb90ca055c---xaliwumopuxutevikow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.juniorcollege.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kirariwilojemuwewowofut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietxetai.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d94o0vavrssum364vlllv8tf5c/lorulapigofadovobujid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgpreceptor.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58917363214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferado.vn/userfiles/file/gekujikuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c91bbd429f1---nafin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/xewonewimozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladangmimpi.com/contents//files/41598766793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bselink.com/userfiles/file/67359998578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/664a932bbe1741765ef9f0131053e2ea/91627864936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eoluk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/heqsp5ju37o4ee5ocj87koe7ne/1096650801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsm.hk/images/files/damozogiraxumuzelamop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=bahubali+2+tamil+movie+songs+download+mp3PDF 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_off0000fa1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA1C 11476 bytes
SHA-256: 7196a7811b8a200e1f0143ad707f9d3854dde1d56f58102a24b0e78c3249ec5e
font_01_sfnt_off000114d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114D2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012ce4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CE4 16760 bytes
SHA-256: 7876faf44e33fc54fb7cd12c27a0d737fc3a9e746a9886bc2c195f027f31c4ce