Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 370ced85167d4901…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-09-10 22:54:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 7c696ba8c6b29d3ed4bf9d21f5ce1084 SHA-1: a40b693389ca10ce850548b0f9a01f90aa9ae68a SHA-256: 370ced85167d490191425312b2eb1aba102cc2de369b4d14e46d9d0ef5e2a54d
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The sample is a PDF file that utilizes numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and link farms, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161304c14e2216---94508843629.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aarhuskortet.dk/images/file/53794284890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drsuthichai.com/userfiles/files/vovidabogenaxoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architectureanddesign.it/userfiles/files/wivobomupezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eurosan.pl/user_images/file/notolorawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traktorpulling.de/ablage/userfiles/files/74342898028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rainhouse.kr/data/editor/file/4821674996132cf40e6003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zatoodesign.com/userfiles/files/24959513937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kartywspomnien.pl/uploads/assets/file/37976004754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lignumweb.com/site/webroot/uploads/files/gukekulalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://napiarsaigh.com/images/milofisijabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwflower.com/upimagesfile///16906090568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161319df6e5449---veboputobopemibizoviminu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stefani.cz/fck/file/99706865741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161379950d65ce---mikezusose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wittymall.com/multimedia/userfiles/file/votanulotiwofekejeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thoitrangvabaoho.com/Images_upload/files/46480215755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotoner123.com/home/autotone/public_html/ckeditortest_WORKING/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81422668506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f37b557823cdccdd7c0cda6b4bf75043/17578317177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c4e8a62663e3785ddd6966482b79b60/vipekimafina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotipaldo.com/userfiles/files/25270361754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stancijanegrin.com/UserFiles/files/banemisabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tauroconsulting.pl/userfiles/file/mevedibujude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldendoodlesofthesierranevadas.com/userfiles/file/nupotarex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=highly+compressed+android+games+direct+downloadPDF 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_off0000ea27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA27 11152 bytes
SHA-256: a0ae0efb0e254f2409dbb23630c7c6b64207a08f58ff03fe60bdb6d35d8038ae
font_01_sfnt_off000103d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103D4 18232 bytes
SHA-256: 34f02c942354f9f21027ee0e37174a4cef4828a3c680a1a8e2f9e3a47da4e128
font_02_sfnt_off000132cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132CF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1