Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1f8dfa19b9035e6e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 17:59:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 634167402c2dd9e222c9f29d4863fbbf SHA-1: f36a986a73b40aa23a97107d22c5dc94c2f02f3f SHA-256: 1f8dfa19b9035e6e1a5aa2bef61dfbbe52c0047f9f147e85b8f616345ac29bff
204 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 links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other potentially disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://wills.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d28e19fde85899dc6611a2a9f760f91a/fifis.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lucidareemantenerepavimentifaidate.it/userfiles/files/kavimufibukilolapis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrimal.pl/userfiles/file/fofenovej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gbagencement.fr/uploads/file/74440903107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galenbio.com/images/upload/file/nesurobutitara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ca884d57cf---64168686585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611bd06bd7434---49010464934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aromamahabaleshwar.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63207001891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sfilatinogourmet.it/file/20062200896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f697835390---84950917491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b36f01b3859---dopudabefukiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozdesignhouse.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/73904748543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ljud7ufugn5bm5gu84hs85rqeo/tumogigamir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bunyaminerdemir.com/resimler/files/vipujexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cd249fce0b5e1575e03d3454d85f36f/refisozoserenapagur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clingac.es/d/files/manewusesiwesozedipuzebox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcomproltd.com/userfiles/file/31490147866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crosswaysrecruitment.com/userfiles/file/jiwelugim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5325f53442---5406151973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yogathoitrang.com/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/99602057275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161114e02ec57b---lefajakajadaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gwardiajuvenia.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/13551075025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=extract+images+from+pdf+mac+osPDF 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_off0000d72e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD72E 10896 bytes
SHA-256: 5807e7783245c210f5bd3cae084d0d2e769261ef48f700a6aa3257d9368d59bc
font_01_sfnt_off0000f046.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF046 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010858.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10858 17612 bytes
SHA-256: 73bad27b6cfc3ad0291bef83b87e586ad20448a68e7e9540c0cf4b183f259c89