Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1d0fffba09b06388…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-07-05 02:35:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: c695bf87595caeaca987bbfb4a2b57cb SHA-1: 6c6a25990237cbb127c89224ddc6cff40a07b974 SHA-256: 1d0fffba09b06388413cc6dbcb70c815b0d61343a6c2f992fad508bef0c9a767
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, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of external URIs and link farms strongly indicates an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=read+price+of+a+kiss+online+free PDF link annotation
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79ec5d6506f3a56416d0c6ae437a08e9/pixiwir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidservices.com/public_html/userfiles/file/65166324129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exhibitionchannel.com/upload/sapiwut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607614596cc5b---97474787387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parokisantolukas.org/Uploads/userfiles/files/tijajeteramap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16088e2f3badf2---662079639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://signaturetowerpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q7k5unau4bejfoa8i7q5qoojt5/24981334307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kalirich.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k0kc3ub60aigh5dasf9i1n9004/nufezabototesasivumofaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cafb019234---3421978527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3a35ee2363---45379584966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075a7df0bd15---13931558608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haohanlegend.com/Uploadfiles/files/tewajojuvaparane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karmand24.ir/basefile/ehotel724ir/files/pafeliwivivumogawazazun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6pgmvpnhd05kmdoemve1ea9ju5/7092908366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5c8ea781aafcd9d9ee82e01cdc7e91a/50481698670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elijasprojekts.lvfiles/file/65322772058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meandnetworking.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42274690495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kbstephens.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04bd10e3610f1d26c81921f0e708102f/40756154827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608122572b0a8---98381273026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ratsimae.eemedia/contents/file/doporemikonoziroganekexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kuehllawpc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/lupamatifamavejad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://himalayanwanderer.com/himalayan/userfiles/files/85742072263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607658c25322c---93189129472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hersheyhigh1981.com/clients/37302/File/98050795507.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_off0000dd10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD10 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f522.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF522 17452 bytes
SHA-256: 04f9dd96152479f31e8114186a70887be5d52d0c2c20cecd7fc41d05b77ece41
font_02_sfnt_off0001227b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1227B 10652 bytes
SHA-256: 8bd62fc75de2fbfa98f59c493ad74c18d591a00d977f64dfd97cb16130f678f4