Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 256981296b23cf61…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.5 KB Created: 2021-08-10 03:45:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a6bdca98a58462f5d6e063d05283631b SHA-1: e056606da69f3753c3008fd998e7d6d2508a25ad SHA-256: 256981296b23cf61b37150ba93e0959f979ebb40cf64e9c96d128f9969f861dd
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-severity PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ClamAV detection as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan further supports its malicious nature. The file likely serves as a delivery mechanism for further malicious activity by directing users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160979cc477d3a---tefidekuvitejigo.pdf
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609913085890e---94680625609.pdf
    • https://lion-trading.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kep1vgtmdl7b2odrgdgpigrrtg/safededobud.pdf
    • http://2990592.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bevupojakasej.pdf
    • http://scantech3d.com/files/63990081467.pdf
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f82fe39b60---24910145477.pdf
    • https://www.americansummercamps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607276905e97d---moxaletupesafezuzawu.pdf
    • https://china-glass-mosaic.com/userfiles/files/20210802_150611.pdf
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607162f13270c---49522020125.pdf
    • http://debeight.net/UserFiles/File/44566384473.pdf
    • http://karinameal.com/imgdish/files/bufozaku.pdf
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6a8c152846904485f1df3af14eb6fb1/vewisuwelafonopinajije.pdf
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dlqqj541491loks91qugg5khkb/92600143353.pdf
    • https://sip7.pl/autoinstalator/sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51317417668b463f7824d4eafe98e973/17045204608.pdf
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2k5j53bqj8p4sq06lg3dngm3s2/tedujafosugesojimiv.pdf
    • http://markone-tools.com/upload/files/pamupijuz.pdf
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085c3160010c---24861623138.pdf
    • http://xn--or3bi2da319p.com/upload/fckeditor/file/fituxub.pdf
    • https://koltoztetes-szallitas-lomtalanitas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55802846712.pdf
    • http://hi-reid-solutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48e4575fe4575c834d0d5e1dc055bedd/93443082727.pdf
    • http://scbczy.cn/up_files/file/20210616_145121.pdf
    • http://jgbt.us/pds/userfiles/files/61003566911.pdf
    • http://beastyenergy.com/userfiles/file/jukosiko.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=joindre+un+fichier+pdf+dans+facebook
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f54f.bin
560fc774e7b8bb0727306dfabecf67022d614de3895b5841fab3721ba631550e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF54F 10896 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010e3c.bin
5836d4704c815fa27128d490b6c41e7ddfe2e007c9fc2c41ad985df8700d6051
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E3C 18872 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013d89.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D89 16792 bytes