Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 181ee97d264f8761…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.0 KB Created: 2021-08-07 08:10:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: c80c12c8e74b38820c00ff32f7a66375 SHA-1: d2ce0e065098ed9eee844c54ec355218e91e6893 SHA-256: 181ee97d264f8761d98a3bc577b1327a3305ca8877a3e112b92ab1c59d75533b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing campaign, indicated by numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristic firings point towards a malicious redirection or download attempt, likely initiated via a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=funciones+y+formulas+trigonometricas+1+bachillerato+ejercicios+resueltos PDF link annotation
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088441c168f4---73140933568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schokobrunnen.com/idata/xivimupezelowusobewitam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9e3f9c76f2acb2f68aec6c411f4035e/51386892006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dydlhx.com/upfiles/file///57809281518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ukmriptek.org/codeIgniter-hmvc/userfiles/files/12651363813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95mi40v73582aumdmk1e3o21n2/jikibidisilumituk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c202a60fe4f3abda45a306e6158cbdd/buneridijoponajude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fff23db6bf---51193405507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clarkfamilybuilders.com/home/clark/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vuzaripuwuvigijiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.themeshcowork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62c91de0f61bc5049c1cb54275f4f7cb/wigafefanusopasaxemubabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dfebe42c291---xifesujesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094deb509272---12980081480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acb9bc07a1d---xuvegimaridejegasesoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e8de7242f1---banitorasavebalurarewosig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingbikeonline.com/images/upload/File/nupubare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://urbanlivin.lu/userfiles/files/95179363422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e01658c2ddfaccf510715ffc13f5e9d/zolujulalamololupelubixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6fab19601d44bb0bbf73303df9a1cdc5/gokexawosusuzuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160828f88c7c8f---gogizosijop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siltherm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jinakufelefil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infrabud.eu/fckpliki/file/18256922528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learningkey.org/userfiles/lugodimuxagetux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e6c075a7209---vememanokuvefopuveberas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tangiahoang.com/skinkorea/Images_upload/files/fizunetawisakizeromanom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharpspringwww.kinsta.cloud/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6eab9efc62bdf2b6127ef5551b473f4/pajapumisabete.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_off0000fe5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE5D 18268 bytes
SHA-256: e6ecb73a43ac10f0493881bb7a2e935939ff09ba7ab283795ed43ef7b0acb5ca
font_01_sfnt_off00012d4e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D4E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014565.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14565 11296 bytes
SHA-256: 36bdb065609d9a9b19722ec657ad1f213295c9fe79b5c1629ce7459a09f8e887

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