Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1d3e10fd1633f18a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-08-31 08:54:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 7d881ad070fd7233fcdd297eea0aee9b SHA-1: 1f19a33a9165eb9505028e4b61b94a6bec1ba147 SHA-256: 1d3e10fd1633f18a70448250e7852e81168b85ad78042c972edb3c31ed41798f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, likely intended to host and distribute malicious payloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically a phishing or trojan distribution campaign. While no scripts were directly extracted, the nature of the links suggests the PDF is designed to exploit vulnerabilities or trick users into downloading further stages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://greenlakepaint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lowepolimeso.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pieseclimaauto.com/files/file/koxutimulasumadipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5180329ce6---guzexoravatanexexepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.movingwithmagna.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b395e99018ba2d7aab52685c579c11e8/ninonitavonorapon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3258e9a38c---pidurudotukavomiridom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gld-lining.com/user_img/files/vajijalibugumotaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eol.org.pe/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18906546172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qnlga3adnh2g6akj6f8pfuofd2/13969251405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jyjjapan.jp/files/ckeditor/files/14620852396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otvorene-srdce.sk/userfiles/file/dorokorakotukesabexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087716467986---gapoxasuzikosupijorow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7e13366ca---41073265909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nyett.hk/uploads/news/files/42316428650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://office-agglo-larochelle.fr/userfiles/file/lotuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160865f48b8619---dowilokorunepoxibodopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/dozatidoziserut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dancedynamicsla.com/clients/38740/File/88223326331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitydm.rs/slicice/file/65877113891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dewalt-naradi.cz/media/upload/editor/file/91017247403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carraracucinecomponibilitrapani.it/userfiles/files/luvodaxejaboriwozapidap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://humanlitech.com/files/files/zupikosokevusajokuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estigotours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e78306cc10d7fc09ff7f6dc594673f7b/76356105560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkquiz.com/userfiles/file/guroxunipeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/feanc2kipg6jus37ehlinmn77a/82859041462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.letspassdriving.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c19co5dr5003ul5552s6227agb/96167057104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=obsessive+sexual+thoughtsPDF 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_off0000e601.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE601 18008 bytes
SHA-256: 7d0126d7229d432c2c2a1382f4b989b705a150a5d3a81554ebc81fb77eb89167
font_01_sfnt_off000113b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113B7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012bce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BCE 10616 bytes
SHA-256: 24a40dc9b017e6e9bbee3941798a9351d886b552beb3f0b0abf9702a15fb5dba