Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1de3fac1a9c3fca2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.1 KB Created: 2021-07-02 12:17:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: cfbe6f376852e0552260bb8b37f6654a SHA-1: 0676e5883f344cdd7e6894c550816238c4580c4b SHA-256: 1de3fac1a9c3fca2b39b69bc0f6c47fe1715d878fabd6a60fbc3cac717b4fc88
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. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress uploads and other disposable hosting sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of external URI links and the nature of the heuristics indicate a likely phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 http://ineke-ott.nl/keramiek-beelden-imagesfile/44268202996.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084a122b9a7e---96766301896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160712020d7be5---6991677012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szaniterplaza.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87728989724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uk334vgp156ctf5f7o46v71ccb/49417475005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laptopplus.be/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/56755481223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wills.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d78bee37365b499603e407a870bfef54/duzilagoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c97dc88d6c---nesijeribabex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firanywiktoria.pl/uploads/editor/file/rulowawujigebavok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc227807104---totawefimarawutumagumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083aaf570154---5824124496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swissfillon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a80f01b43f46a40529cad8d4dfa35c2/vitoxorumurogelifubenim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0525d1cbc6---69774940827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioscapindandrea.it/userfiles/files/77850371901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091c26a43976---9896235959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sip7.pl/autoinstalator/sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e42d419cc52a831b01f103501b7332f/vadodukunutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fefe7a9e3a---14288869094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc614dde5f6---pizawusadepaxaluwop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voolabs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081b6c9ec828---30920555723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://commune-bourre.com/userfiles/file/jilumoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae5ef0aedad---siretefana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b1ff47fc46---89066286195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/gedujunakoxafixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d1da43e438---zesamemubuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenagementsoleil.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160722f8b15582---30907900814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=brown+tail+moth+cocoonPDF 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_off0000fb32.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB32 17100 bytes
SHA-256: 51dd139249be833547eb1cc017fa1ae24ee8fe989f7da8519b6cff550f3e3ed0
font_01_sfnt_off000127cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127CC 10336 bytes
SHA-256: 454e351efd408a18712b9938f5e0c9828f3531d53d3d743764897d260b240c2c
font_02_sfnt_off00013ef6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EF6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1