Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 43bbf346aec358c4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-06-27 16:48:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 98d286021744519797d4ac71a2209426 SHA-1: 038a73cb627da3ab8cb8a902261bab169f0ca0f8 SHA-256: 43bbf346aec358c45940c5bdcd54454505c5543b0fa2954e7ce15a6843fb2ebb
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 links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates a pattern of distributing lures through algorithmically generated URLs on potentially compromised infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://lea-inc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d16995de6d6ff267960856239eabe693/64604646567.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mangmalungtea.com/userfiles/file/1016739941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightingsystemscol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7afd41239e99f48e21d2962a070eed6f/kifenawajemadokulixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ensasoft.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kogpv56vafc45g1ii4161f9rcd/rimabamejagivosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c977fb755a4eb8e859e90cdb5aaab27/likibotejukanubobux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae03f2912e2---7015964567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdb1c2bf99a---nujedosexarunitamoboz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-yoga.org/file_upload/spaw_upload/file/20210606141144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c775ade62b2---kotiwasoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robert-zauer.cz/userfiles/file/kezadedumobujozeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d35b18cead3---72559636503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed2f2f8e81a12fa73541522702e2d603/xifumos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081ae56ceb5b---8655197809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bb4090cbb5---rododisawedusuvorutisezog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fibg0nvetnqpppvqsp569f7049/tavonunit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traonguoc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lo4fmt5g598e5frrhefb9jo3un/kewiroxonojave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af89b60cdc2---zosanirujajagap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimhoatra.com/upload/fckimagesfile/gemizawufaguwasesawipif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084501d18433---19762556609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lokalesichtbarkeit.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k6k4ticib9gsvs1488bbgvb31k/vosemame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160890fb3ea6ef---32479594195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ddac85d03cbe5463f8e706aa8d3f7a7/jotuzowusomukemisibip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46ae46c35a33670062a81759fa6cd277/62163001315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160945ecb650ae---18967604276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h1835m325s01lsbje0biagflc7/mewixujuras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=working+capital+leveragePDF 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_off0000f18a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF18A 18368 bytes
SHA-256: f84c8abc86bf4dd2dad2768cb9e338a2ab8b8cd2e472563c7f21e3870f1200fa
font_01_sfnt_off00012217.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12217 10532 bytes
SHA-256: 9a61f114f01cf4aa0085a0ceb1a69050eb9ea12da1d74b1939e658881106deda
font_02_sfnt_off00013a41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A41 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1