Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1dd7010498e0845f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.4 KB Created: 2021-07-17 13:22:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 4aa942291294a75d6676afd3a9281d79 SHA-1: a3dd735b2beaa1175292a82840bb749acf71e79b SHA-256: 1dd7010498e0845f02da24925412eb0431858a363338146c6ef947972e3721b3
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating it is a link farm pointing to external resources, with a high-confidence ML detection and ClamAV signature for Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The presence of a 'download button' lure and the nature of the linked URLs suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is indicative of malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://okazionche.com/files/funulixokataratuwijupefu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://avonsteel.com/UserFiles/file/relufiwikuledubid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toppelletmachine.com/d/files/5930061589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://outsourcedbackoffice.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fcdf77f88e038e5d5615d43c56a4bd7/sipakuxuziseragavife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharasuwanee.com/sites/default/files/file/fadibadibara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiari-web.com/ckfinder/optimist/files/71945056123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosonomo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jovimerulovorariwepesite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/76323246528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vvpta-irvine.org/userfiles/file/pepuwewimemix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/garoparivuxukavuduvavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076da0c03425---37955843149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cleaner.pl/userfiles/file/magodemokoxogilawozeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072bc99d4892---90787729212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czechdidgeridoo.com/admin/upload/file/lijubusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160852cd3f038e---14999638928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartwealthhk.com/userfiles/betubaxokijakosumuxumiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innotack.com/userfiles/files/lufowido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ispartaorganizasyon.com/ckfinder/upload/files/4136863780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://payassistinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083204f28818---vutefapipegoxakugekef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/280906587017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fouladsazanco.com/Upload/file/96196356264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidfabrication.com/public_html/userfiles/file/1401900838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b756ec208---71900575135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasargod.net/uploads/file/64651535206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dbae9058128---63517028723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae90593a2d5---xufazalimisoluzegep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=free+cantilever+sheet+pilePDF 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_off0000c9a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9A5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e1b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1B7 17008 bytes
SHA-256: e4754b5e6474ed095f491c6dfacc3bdb309c249f78ef3c2c457d496202d77c8f
font_02_sfnt_off00010cee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CEE 10392 bytes
SHA-256: 48a93156d22214d945f9e0abfc74ff30f8092f3e2778ae9125c95a9a96b559f2