Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 400ad5d7b9fb4563…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-07-06 06:05:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 4b5620a16edbb1f171a00a20b726b349 SHA-1: 597f5c22bd67ee3ec18f14068933c98f2f5056c5 SHA-256: 400ad5d7b9fb45634bda0a191590557e079e443c5f8809f459f5ded171aac081
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file that contains numerous links to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. The PDF likely serves as a lure to download further malicious content from these compromised hosts.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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 http://bioident.pl/photos_fck/file/rilojuxajitutipe.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ecobox.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oinh1sa0mfqcir0fdeqspajf4j/3882147638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://insidethedigitaltrend.biz/userfiles/file/zuwudejuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioscapindandrea.it/userfiles/files/puvupela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.picmephotoboothhire.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0c2cb02f9f---29338713748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vate-tire.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6e11cae3921c481394542c7b74504cf/vetemeneda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b46ecb74e31---97058754698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sip7.pl/autoinstalator/sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cecf82a2a4cd120d3065213d5b7904e3/49156938353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yishiweb.com/upfiles/files/20210617_184629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pousadamarazul.tur.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090688c9caa6---jivem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160812f39981a6---dogixadulafebodaxegujive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d3d025f3ad40f8719973bce99e548bc/renizikudidusubuxajur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neodev.space/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3eaa7bb48c---tumeduvitesonoruk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clearpatth.com/userfiles/file/7992108743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-inter.com/file_media/file_image/file/nukinuxejaxapenubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/951e09bbb84faf39240c91bcfeccb0de/xefakunasusopozigebigigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c37a3763d47f18bf6eb05ddd3d0f617/58082409637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a085c97564---nutakafomowexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jokerprod.net/userfiles/file/73185521202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangvetthuong.com/luutru/files/55961028325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d2b2bd33b2---jewowekalujon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://10glazsikeyrosa.ru/file/jijisomovaxaledawaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cc5176a2a58de4825b322d4f33aaffa/37864960571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=realistic+watercolor+paintingPDF 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_off0000f853.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF853 10680 bytes
SHA-256: c38c18e72225d41c877a5710f0ce9f6d749c9bea25e92f51f4aafbb16cea1026
font_01_sfnt_off000110fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110FE 16968 bytes
SHA-256: f301ed7ecb6541b324b1c40a0f982fd9338104ba12de0442a9cb18112a4a6fb4
font_02_sfnt_off00013d5c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D5C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1