Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1d839a0d6980fac9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.8 KB Created: 2021-07-22 16:13:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 6bc74b63942de6471d13c9d932da5378 SHA-1: 3231535b1e1d248728a9083a3f6c48e4246dfb54 SHA-256: 1d839a0d6980fac9c6ee8425858b18fb050fe7affc5d2acdb040c0e668705c2e
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, designed to lure the user into downloading a secondary malicious PDF. The presence of these links suggests an attempt to distribute further malware or phishing content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://ktcz.eu/files/files/77973169286.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicobonoli.com/userfiles/files/pusegatodozujumofiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ade67907626---69635271962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viettelhaiphong.me/data/dulieu/files/wilitiwax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnpair.com/userfiles/file/lujag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9621d09f2218c7159064839736cb7396/laled.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taiwancy.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/12302943950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bajajsports.com/userfiles/file/74028945151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a347de0ed04---kivawovimovewimuwowamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zulilighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68c6b7115408b1ebd7c548b285ab1ff4/rozuvajumusinitevud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aucoindeshalles.fr/menu/file/15571292169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patp1ryb.ru/media/file/neduxalijawagoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608612fee15fb---83769001584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aluvascientific.com/UserFiles/file/tekajukapuxotuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d502dd40fe---56471952734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rinducm1.com/contents//files/17387283917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carraracucinecomponibilitrapani.it/userfiles/files/jipulenopitadojixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8ff844e383---3516510585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robalton.es/Albums/images/file///92892434020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b27138e292852b59b86f2cf17303932d/jovipunuwepijubexezex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4dfa910b6151004bf493dd384d8f271c/24397107107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/kisutinaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ee9d261d8b---58594693985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiarsolutions.com/userfiles/file/bezezazipaxidafusewawota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+measure+ice+axe+lengthPDF 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_off00012d28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D28 10956 bytes
SHA-256: df54b9345b8d284a7ac7b30c7555bffa75393a5b4d9607ea53d27d88d3959642
font_01_sfnt_off0001466d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1466D 17600 bytes
SHA-256: 97f2bdf4c6e069bb9ed22da6ef827ead301741c67ab4ca2218e7823461a126c2
font_02_sfnt_off000174d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x174D8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1