Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1835cb7f563c7894…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-09-02 02:24:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: f1ed26c76d9e5d0288e4e1e9f7039686 SHA-1: 45e28d7e17986cb1a0b9474dc0eb5bcf26146585 SHA-256: 1835cb7f563c7894bb753f31101204776c86990e55bd3d00748229673343ba34
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to deliver a secondary payload. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports the attack pattern of using link farms for malicious distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609272da8193b---bomanudizib.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://droprint.my/home/ququ4923/public_html/userfiles/file/penarijonotuditupeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cobansut.com/userfiles/file/90842309057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zhbiotech.com/CKEdit/upload/files/84749424014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.koreayokogawa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fekesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9b777d0a6d---tutakexav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiaviews.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jsv3cjv1hfoa8j1dev2tn3u3c2/gipudojuvuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asap-recruitment.net/upload/file/8353401005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ulhb45mmuk8stoumgfotgmvaer/godolorivapofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce577a6941ec026e0eb3b56b30939604/tamukibojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomedicoveterinariobellucci.eu/userfiles/files/11474258533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://youstore21.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d15b1fca551672b9662db2528eaf33a3/32251171355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/59775296644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ea5ffacaa2---51441582334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sbmhavacilik.com/userfiles/file/wekibado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/514ce357febef3888e511d1476277a31/12400951737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nesthomes.in/userfiles/file/larosise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e71ugjdc61bikap9665qo88gb1/13216301030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b29cc28b3cb---72602718965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://my-natural-style.net/upload/files/65686624065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inezorviskids.com/clients/37546/File/tigavimibin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jakspravnenapsa.cz/userfiles/file/boxubegib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaiminsales.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79195511418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sistemkabin.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12344698799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.contectrade.hu/fckfiles/file/47443259058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=steroid+shot+in+buttocks+for+allergiesPDF 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_off0000ea0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA0F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010226.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10226 11164 bytes
SHA-256: ae0eae61bfd18a067505b1da2ab2d4549e74379c17d914df103b4b905c83eff7
font_02_sfnt_off00011bee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BEE 18260 bytes
SHA-256: 310f1ea5804ab3f9afad89e40c075d3936fac5c13516d85fc83f37bc978e022f