Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1bce04391f7ba2c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-08-02 11:11:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: a27a92f25f32450b4c768bab409a2db5 SHA-1: 307f297f83b8e73f6e6cd44813d05d492ff9b017 SHA-256: 1bce04391f7ba2c1038c87701c7abcc2b2fe1b5a39e54308abd11124ad834903
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which appear to be hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of external URIs and the ML classification strongly indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=katja+schuurman+kind PDF link annotation
    • http://red-persimmons.com/upfiles/editor/files/47604078055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeypeople.cc/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b86dea35c8f338911ad5e9355ba674a/jokurip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607460291594f---56674457053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4a43f365cf---47762461129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b496d4a7d9c---82625333218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securityguardsupply.org/php/uploads/file/tigifepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6692ef104f95ee5003e030fd91df9f4/bukidusulumemun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://syarmarka.ru/userfiles/files/vekogomifetadozubak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://audit-advisers.com/userfiles/file/retar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturalmis.com/userfiles/file/36456202203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4c03918704---makekufakav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/nolojibemufafeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonorganica.ru/upload/files/mukaruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jpmoto.biz/upload_picture/40344215529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxtarget.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2777567239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntwbearing.com/UserFiles/File/50540293878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa8b11e8855---nijoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nuyew.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47e4d4540ac785946ccb9ab57418feb5/zoziwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weblative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9992m23tiqbevlkerhtf8778ru/80391359931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3c81e4b871---76698988927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://desushibar.com/userfiles/file/45192955113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161043dcb61439---6340942042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://helloshoppingnepal.com/userfiles/file/toroluxikumetegipufadosud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://honkakuji.jp/honkakuji/images/ckfinder/files/80108108698.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_off0000f2a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2A8 10652 bytes
SHA-256: 96ca9cb0dd296b6d5137767dcdd48b95c4284fd23c83d7538a24d8d0eda60e3f
font_01_sfnt_off00010ad5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AD5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000122e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122E7 18428 bytes
SHA-256: bd071dce3121767453bbc4218437860e95243596d211bc5585c4c37801bcc5fd