Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a3ad4bd9bfcbbff…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 09:11:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 05dde72ae348a413fb8d84b6873f1bd9 SHA-1: a8cbca0f27e74bdf4bd737632c18b24692ab34fe SHA-256: 1a3ad4bd9bfcbbff085c17ff594a789a038dc537d40222134b89f7b6b4326c02
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, likely serving as a link farm to distribute further malware. The presence of external URIs and link farms suggests an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content, potentially leading to a second-stage download.

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=staphylococcus+coagulasa+positivo+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://uniontend.com/userfiles/files/37491170870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611567446dc6f---55376896139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7hg7320sbi3hvps7ufkr1h5i03/sasivebafenezufet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokemom2.com/uploads/files/kolipegufurexadoguxaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093fd1bc228d---93444646694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomedicoveterinariobellucci.eu/userfiles/files/xinikugedanasepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeypeople.cc/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ef28872e19f30109e38282d7478e90e/vesoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087de14a980f---ximunuzononotemivopazad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylekd.ru/files/56264673045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhfangyuan.com/uploadfiles/files/1114851665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ca03403a309b0559bd035c2c2c51b9a/79301879474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ezclasssites.com/var/wwww/dev-ezclasssites-com/data/files/tosudepozuzaxabol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bataretak.com/img/files/file/7589936354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportsht.com/userfiles/file/14500062177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balade-pierry.fr/userfiles/file/rutipepudegaxaxisago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retta-bg.com/userfiles/fafovakubuwinutijefetem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westmoorclassof1965.com/clients/5/52/52ec68f2b927accf75267cb07bfcc891/File/7918166438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kingsmen-cmti.com/upload/files/39042592425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab8376f0c0d---luwovalabusewibijolowune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shaplaconsulting.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19295818814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9176f754d5---bejar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609eda68ea1e3.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpiindah2.com/contents//files/fobivukefuziziboj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ef07df1919---99020921119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rentappli.com/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/phpimage/phpimage/upload/images/file/3594311838.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_off0000dd5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD5B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f572.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF572 10920 bytes
SHA-256: d5ea98840b9f6770bb747c4de0967540e8e0a433d78d6cc11babf9981d5f59de
font_02_sfnt_off00010eb1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EB1 18628 bytes
SHA-256: 71a8efb5861207eadd0cb81f1ee2b0dda2f2c5fcb9bef26987d395490b3c34d0