Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1feca0f854ba4471…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.4 KB Created: 2021-09-13 19:55:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 0a6cae6c906b218fbc0be95b639ad9fa SHA-1: b40209a26210ab17058d37179684cfb3c714c5be SHA-256: 1feca0f854ba44717202fe83d43ba446e5dbdd63ac4432ff56ff8c79ab52f66c
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains multiple links to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting it is part of a link farm designed to distribute malicious files. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161308f532366b---takofesavonuve.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161369cf65ac58---vudugakok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almondzwealth.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/44716827960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aqua2go.pl/galeria/file/senoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtijsr.com/userfiles/file/xasakatirifusomolezetig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goez3.com/10005001208290177/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gexezasejisuvutanex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.twibiotech.com/plugin/ce1/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63882362019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mid-europe-ex.com/images/blog/file/jenegemoburijije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tourbusan.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210913_88C35EA6ABE7F22B.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/798a5bb018a51aee501ccdddb9b0e686/wowegoguwuvujemawuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laros.cz/UserFiles/file/11178264252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f15f4b1454---bojefavulazukimos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balie.overeembv-profielen.nl/upload/files/73090780719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suliaox.com/v15/Upload/file/202194446444948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pileki.com/imgup/file/43026878978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinarioassociatopacinidallatorre.eu/userfiles/files/sagebulekoremapikaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyunsin.net/userfiles/file/pibif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://permagnet.com/upload_files/file/210902024724792870edemgu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelbellevuepalermo.com/userfiles/files/60581243425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doan295doson.vn/namthuan/images/news/files/59060974656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leprofit.ee/cmsfile/contentfiles/rowadotelux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhunikjewellers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fonavisum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woodlandhills.ilovepokebar.com/uploads/files/24263918557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sukhonthip.com/file_media/file_image/file/fikejilovuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=my+hero+academia+heroes+rising+online+streamPDF 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_off00010e26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E26 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012638.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12638 20148 bytes
SHA-256: b1d530c5ac294993ba645578fc447813c6c4b0cb5311730cdb4ab1d6501fc1f7
font_02_sfnt_off00015aaf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15AAF 10924 bytes
SHA-256: 3e4c6dc5634467a4d532424cd81e1ab1dcf52f85da879cdf79fa8e8643de9477