Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 381506971c2ddeaf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

131.2 KB Created: 2021-07-04 02:13:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 0c68779cf809442b6dca9ee5f1a477c4 SHA-1: 0fd1b6281443fe4f146c75251cdadfa75b3398a1 SHA-256: 381506971c2ddeafd6767fecf385bfaba2d845c096f7613022b2dc41853839a2
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK heuristic specifically flags a link to http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074fe763415f---pivojatugud.pdf, indicating a likely attempt to redirect the user to a malicious resource. No scripts were extracted from this sample.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9944

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 https://centrosteadycam.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c549ef412ef2e5271f38c479a9fc53d1/45627004863.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d034fb349e13e7e9144dadd4bf169418/4602734445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baileysmilk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48e1ca8e2d1c2442ccdbc8c3c1742d65/9764503753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dkmmotor.com/files/userfiles/file/59340622400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saigondome.com/uploads/userfiles/file/30471777754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8c2301ec5b478df7c16bbcbf2c1a956/masixolalaxamupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faresaldabbous.com/uploads/files/71791712311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a7cfa91c7c---9079553572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mhspartan79.com/clients/9/97/97d0d0788ec4d6723ba7be3cd58769e3/File/98682869777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.li/upload/damisavivejimozesuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a581ded3b7---97523091828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608520da5238b---88177343807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d7f99ede05---mitisujurexudiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074fe763415f---pivojatugud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thesetnews.com/images/fckeditor/file/fuvukoxiwelenoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160728ff9d66db---79748220029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096720cc3af6---razorobitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atek-ent.com/upload/file/91453491026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094cc9873cfb---92625431020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097999a718cc---65006064183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sghscsjamarai.org/guruhargobind/userfiles/file/58088528072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b76202e5d90966815714cc5aa3b7bef5/9616013812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ratsimae.ee/media/contents/file/pujizunabuvodetevetasiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrmhandling.nl/upload/file/boxezizosatesafes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=gdb+stack+tracePDF 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_off00019da5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19DA5 10272 bytes
SHA-256: 1d488b5c6fc1b4d94d8d925ebc435be2d02432865d06bd14564a8e1da48f894d
font_01_sfnt_off0001b4f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B4F7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001cd09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1CD09 18928 bytes
SHA-256: 503b0979d51b7f46e73af71e24090dde8b1ffc34ecaf3d3bc1e6c1c7ee328b81