Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1bd59ca449361ed4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.9 KB Created: 2021-07-19 20:58:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 75c07f44ed25544719270ad348bea48a SHA-1: 603934cef5c8700747f3f82d06e358124d7833db SHA-256: 1bd59ca449361ed4027b76f89aad67cfadbd33a7aa4ccce7778783b9033f0a36
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is used to host and redirect to malicious URLs.

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 http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/23739161939.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zartmobilia.com/userfiles/file/20210621200130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asztromiskolc.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xejifekupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160838a42a8033---48548386012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af91c630533---wofaxinepujetilegabawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.surajinformatics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/762fd611aa7593c0343b836a40feef41/bixoxowule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dtm32jsee5aoi7c7fvvmksf8ie/xudenuxeduwagesifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bufolari.com/public/immagini/file/tuguluxonilukiginig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gilendor.cz/userfiles/file/zuzubukidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073f761b7c72---wiwemamowixelolorufojoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altiro.nl/home/tjerk/file/81430068445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cibaospalaser.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4vc3dsajk66j1t3gpstj1ca1tb/rivojeripokilekonumawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tosujilojenaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietkinggroup.com/uploads/userfiles/file/bokerotolujazuzojapuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajakeempat.com/contents//files/gajidoxomuzafaxezibemar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://radmangroup-ye.com/rgfiles/file/fiwepinosibazotuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prmakeup.com/Image/files/98168547112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9b3ade8db5---towusuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k2salight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83953ad21d7a214fb947031261a0e931/45654592208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/65754293274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://termoformat.md/img/files/12715242100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160834b542c627---8445893292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvhs1967.com/clients/a/aa/aa78cb05297cd93d8a9ab6bd1eb8a3c4/File/pifunemevegomarozufewiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f89378759da59f813b83fff5b5a8962f/88660549092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eda7f5575e---20103703142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=ode45+matlab+examplePDF 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_off0000fda0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDA0 23480 bytes
SHA-256: ef2b90e83167e6c1cd04d048ad6c1b0e3cf570e59aafcca2f3f1d91fb185410c
font_01_sfnt_off0001390e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1390E 10448 bytes
SHA-256: 0dbb608c9006bb1a7f1777d2d053e86bafa992b3e30bf2e346de8b1277fa714b
font_02_sfnt_off000150b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x150B5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1