Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1f2935f45883f067…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 13:33:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: de27d54e009946d1db9ab3f171f5e16d SHA-1: 95ce48078860e011a0db04d06a01cfeb13b37d9c SHA-256: 1f2935f45883f067c4b2bc50de7267849161d2cf5cd56d26ea7d06aeff710c4a
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and algorithmically generated URLs. The presence of numerous external URIs suggests an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing or downloader campaign.

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://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb069c9052---tewopudupo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9dcd95ec757504f3e308901f7129b3c4/76165643148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toshiteriyakiburien.com/uploads/files/61236193075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doks-films.com/pcms/content/file/36385221477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b56a4ee1d8a1c53d60608810480e89d2/13243593891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cloverpark1959.com/clients/51168/File/nujorulirixufalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e9kge4toscpcn1cj3o1fb5eal/21094047742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdbailbonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b53a8276270be7e9e6a9d37764d62cc/62989663567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t4af41eopcr9a6c0810221ia1m/67615263987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4u9qdsrvq3e1n3deu4lpg6gpm6/tatiwitakejedawuxofawaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://n-production.com/upload/fckeditor/file/35841651572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/stmms4h1fl8stfcmibn6vvhun7/14073485374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test-immo.com/file/lazeridiwurubovus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ca14b8c76a---wimasej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-reefer-tournament.be/argt/files/wemunotuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xulynuocphangiathinh.vn/images/pic/file/telofatepusedabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bak.vn/upload/files/30283844761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bona-agra.pl/Upload/file/vanasaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cpncq4iegpo4alg9o1f3gv39sm/nupidafugoxomafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc86656ca0---pubegen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hysansam.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/76852316088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c331af25f27---4501609008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af5685cf209---beruwemidax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=alvin+and+the+chipmunks+season+3+episode+9PDF link annotation
    • https://sharpspringwww.kinsta.cloud/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fee19106fa0197cc726d2d1e2986cadc/zaneli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e249.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE249 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA60 11256 bytes
SHA-256: 3739813ed4caddd016d3855dc82c7d8872369be22f76241f88e7438d3cf40f7c
font_02_sfnt_off00011495.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11495 18800 bytes
SHA-256: b875aceb6267f9685ca44708e65738e4379194fb9bc2a23f588f78920a66506e