Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2907ccbca1c70190…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.3 KB Created: 2021-08-21 03:30:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 4d26b7d86e834ac860c4f4093720bb2c SHA-1: 25092092d7d0722eed273c77395c38247f25a359 SHA-256: 2907ccbca1c701903d50e46a8a59bc8b2469758abc77afe7ec32280e2007ecaa
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. The file contains numerous links to potentially compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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 https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b81747c34ac1a1807ab2a6112d4d6d31/50080191566.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariabilancino.it/userfiles/files/lanojuvegika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gofropack.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84a31d061ac43ccee1b67044ee9ecb5b/mokugevixikose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnadaoil.com/userfiles/file/80932037925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608baa1b64f53---51828097639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poledance-chrudim.cz/files/file/2561876760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610b5c999b156---dopenigevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadgatecapital.com/userfiles/file/74390158542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bruceautoservice.com/files/file/20637869345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pfmconsulting.org/survey/userfiles/files/42621180086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610e426841255---31634783875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alemotta.com/resources/original/file/xadinamunokedawamunedajam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42b03fbdb20823595fc2464c9efb4646/83253054066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldmustang.ru/files/files/sikubujevapokolikodigul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607562a1f0f1c---16962086436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zaun-produzent.de/userfiles/file/laxusifawig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olgapopovaphoto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b508f0b3e81bd64a28f9a3a2e365e9c/podubam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095f354701da---87896353474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sas.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/serezotijapom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hytechplus.com/userfiles/file/28570725438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088e80861ef6---38309800096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081d537acbfb---64324760144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/et8hq7bphmg5v3c40uecunet5q/xosijuzuvajivasemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=top+junji+ito+booksPDF 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_off00010606.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10606 10228 bytes
SHA-256: e97c36c76a08290cd48236a408f6cb2a36e88e54831a264d90786b731ac547b3
font_01_sfnt_off00011cd6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CD6 16504 bytes
SHA-256: 20f77f9aef7c88fca301177c7b24d26ba1d102ff7d344702246eabda5573959f
font_02_sfnt_off000147b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x147B4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1