Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 255b8a4cc8b30d3d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 10:29:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 59bc419f5995739c318b2578651fac20 SHA-1: e284b9c63300450a15155697e2665af2bf52ea7c SHA-256: 255b8a4cc8b30d3daaf17d0611459678afc3382f1461442594c5c6c32405012e
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://tpdw.pl/userfiles/file/zuzakekibaj.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160add7f802a93---75025954019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietkewebseo.com/webroot/img/files/vepokifoziseji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiencefertilization.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/92127279536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mothertheresapublicschool.com/userfiles/file/16401238286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aarushimukhwas.idealviews.com/userfiles/files/zederigumoruvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/9500170489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://girilawfirm.com/content_files/files/jefimitivirez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ccf952e5092e9dbf93ec514cfb56fda/morajol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agroadvanced.com/app/webroot/newsletters/editor/files/kanipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rbcutgmg6f4m9ho75voc04qv82/fajumarigopazibeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1eef06aa9a---getefafiwoxivugawufowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a5f723206832c914f12cdab4c11f820/55869498074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stomerijindex.nl/images/uploads/85756335638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://designerhouse.ru/upload/files/moruzivuraf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/82758941202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://workcoop.org/fckeditor/userimages/file/20210723220525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ski-experience-japan.com/images/blog//file/96390603899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pjtbnglq9gqsvdum1ag1s7mcoj/tupodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conflictfreeelectronics.com/ourprojects/chowki/UserFiles/renuka/file/ninosibidomusuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://6nergy.fr/6nergy/sites/default/user/file/13767959422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0c021829b6---sulopedazidirawikulov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/953e8488f34188337f89d0b30daf7dac/41201036733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=scottish+psalter+1650+pdfPDF 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_off00011f11.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F11 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00013728.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13728 11164 bytes
SHA-256: 671bf11455e00dc5e5a6ca1642b62b2337ee654396817e8bca2d1bea88a453b9
font_02_sfnt_off00015168.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15168 19016 bytes
SHA-256: f33c3b28eae31a2eec20817d0c3b1bf77183dbf32344581236bc1d15b63e67bb