Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1f2e430cb5f5dfca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-08-15 14:59:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 831e0863da04023bb6aca4d437d6ebe4 SHA-1: d473235a5951eb53091f35e7714ca91d7e9a2556 SHA-256: 1f2e430cb5f5dfcaccefc79bef10384271efb362617ef03fe2ea95d6780c93ba
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware or conduct phishing. The PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK heuristic further supports this, highlighting a link to a suspicious PDF file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://www.everhouse.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161013f0153f77---52881212520.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://onlinepravenconsultant.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/13781661581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.propertyfilevault.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d88f7d83cf41ec28b35a051955e93d5d/56078266438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec9afbe2dd7---2325958549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://residenciasanamaro.es/userfiles/files/dibumutopumerikikapanarud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://secohthailand.com/file_media/file_image/file/55966268995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lroundup.com/clients/d/d7/d7466da0ad72d96b64793f89c518a0d9/File/fusufujinokamexirak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6cd3278148740f36dc9c4711af1e1d2/14921093107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23cujhr727qkandf2etdcidg34/vulovewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab0ce84ceaf---paguladananetopitinupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailyliving.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69262665660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aklond.com/UploadFilesfile///2021050201202972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renesens21.com/ressources/upload/files/21875037136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharageorgia.com/sites/default/files/file/46862939494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kalirich.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t8jr3vof9abdebsf47br0qofr2/76373284943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://igabana.com/upfolder/e/files/20210811174956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://englewoodgrassfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/083584736f3ce5b5ab6fa328217b8676/58873389523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160791f825680a---28603157880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rotterdampools.com/contents//files/pidiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bdn10.cz/files/file/96651381559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f251b9e0c8a---92285062725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af8ad523667---12820377825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160945ba8499f5---wekibulinakovowunova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stratasphere.online/userfiles/file/lozudeporoxojugixeleluvuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=indefinite+pronouns+exercises+english+hilfenPDF 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_off0000ec4c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC4C 10888 bytes
SHA-256: 5dfc33f0275467271d29fb353b83a76611547d49b3c8629c30363990f4ff38c8
font_01_sfnt_off0001052d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1052D 17876 bytes
SHA-256: 8d4656da073712eaad5078cd20c6db0a65f181d29b95f07553e004141d3c0501
font_02_sfnt_off00013371.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13371 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1