Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1df7374529610d31…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 01:58:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 18c5820fe5cd6d4f0f88a5a590b8ff2b SHA-1: 14ebb986ca35922a01f75588c1a762c6c3b72855 SHA-256: 1df7374529610d319e1600bc4f1bc4f88e4dd9281d91fe73211f63bd87dfa927
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The PDF's structure and link farm indicate an attempt to direct users to external malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/34999533833.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hatowo.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/nuzofafaxutifekup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075a1b014f59---74963983114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skolicka.eu/foto/images/file/dipobonotavowumenojezup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtour.vn/userfiles/file/12738696243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kebecelectrique.com/upload/editor/file/82287747601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f4c324ebaa48775a10534472d7aac4d/vojejosodabupujebifafuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elpollopaulino.com/cenavarra_userfiles/files/30287900563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heracles-hotel.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k4q7jra6up8t7fvd5c5k6u8oql/nasomikazedonobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079a53d85d75---21934648302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cantellodetersiviprofessionali.it/uploads/file/xasonoxejuvevibekamite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102b1046106b---nafuxarip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neavocats.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db90d0d270e6e1cf2454aeca01fcba56/50823147629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://likeevent.it/writable/public/userfiles/file/jomevibiwopewulolegopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sailstudy.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60820718122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akkoryazilim.com/userfiles/file/bexipakibitajekine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://security-m.jp/tool/images/file/98386218684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b34bb7467a483b0e708d3b3e4b49c39c/87084154236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pypconsultores.mx/userfiles/file/rogusuputagusesusebiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buildinggodskingdom.com/webcms/file/83465345734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twr1115.net/files/fckeditor/file/58995899534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingmarcofaedi.com/userfiles/files/163412936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlytech-tunisie.com/userfiles/file/84383279517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=ack+guest+housePDF 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_off0000cd73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD73 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e585.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE585 17596 bytes
SHA-256: fda8c4524d55af507f334cab9f1c5fdb8033f5b0be7106495226226e5244b982
font_02_sfnt_off0001135d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1135D 10180 bytes
SHA-256: d47d555fc8be119513045e295987db2f948691298d3bd5c78cc5ef9d13930533