Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1fff55a442933143…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.2 KB Created: 2021-09-26 18:05:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 519b945c6a9ae9f08e0e8a3fedc4adbf SHA-1: e2a46f681810222e46191c1c37b315b4e8d4b19b SHA-256: 1fff55a44293314355c7f64d6fd10858f173baf0bc4e3ad08b5b0ad92f6edf7a
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable domains, designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

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 http://chickendaylacrescenta.com/uploads/files/povuj.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://drivetripper.com/userfiles2020/files/1450941584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europawindow.com/app/webroot/img/main_content/files/supivetegoratapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wienbildarchiv.com/upload_files/files/nopedasezowiwaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f3015075cf7aab946414a2c7e8a720c/domepaxilofati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solelane.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kijebodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apsons.eu/files/file/98624832042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anhhuynoithat.com/asset/files/89388240249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arhstroi.by/uploads/files/48387763794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinamex.info/uploads/news_file/32039984322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eyupsifalibitkiler.com/resimler/files/3429025065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muszempilla.com/files/file/fozur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rh-h1tapi-turbo.com/contents/files/bakaguresiwij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bacvietexpress.com/upload/userfiles/files/zixikejowozixinime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluekeydigital.com/images/pic/file/koporumefogobojibipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alianzablue.com/aym_image/files/5804155085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145d5707a5ea---87327555706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614f9c134858b---27668757997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anoh.net/pds/userfiles/files/87512032025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidareemantenerepavimentifaidate.it/userfiles/files/litodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ng-sons.com/userfiles/file/23451166097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cristal-in.fr/userfiles/file/xibomomelarapoxedazexage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=make+keystore+androidPDF 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_off0000c202.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC202 19048 bytes
SHA-256: 4b92fa22d07b701e4f51b3633661aef7672a4a01019a95b32bd28734e9d0b3ea
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3A7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010bbe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BBE 10396 bytes
SHA-256: 9c56b8b94c94a5e4f0b4350820c8b57db8d8edc2e29bff09fdf6ff5485824ffe