Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 526ad81f7dffb3f2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 01:06:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 40accbab34d04c7edb47aa27867ec786 SHA-1: ceacd23bc1952d3e3819ac86b2cbcb6b649264bd SHA-256: 526ad81f7dffb3f25ea18bbec400011d829e1dfbf2b6bcae9edc6e1452532762
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document that contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains. The high-severity heuristic firings indicate that these links are algorithmically generated and form a link farm, suggesting a phishing or SEO poisoning attack. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://livestocktool.com/d/files/51174107606.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://shrmivirtual.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc2a410e9c99356ca81032a9e711f99b/34133714481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9uhaadsf8hlupujbtpqoueill6/bipejes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://net-mex.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vujitikawibisigimazutuwob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mancomunidadvaldizarbe.com/userfiles/files/xuwabajopurisamewosiliwup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61e0f4fe029fdd703842bed0be79a88b/91497487370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dialogueinpraxis.net/files/docs/jilanaleter.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arunimaflavours.com/userfiles/file/joraxan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conganbacgiang.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/nevepobazudasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhopalliteraturefestival.com/mpsdp/uploads/files/47750871772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirandatutoringcentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160892542d41e3---64890211645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mictrogiang.com/userfiles/files/76765453610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ibyservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/312035ba3c7d52d99f4ec3381663e061/96286373796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ebkbjqavkm3bij1fsuq8rkfq4/98256650914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stopserv.ru/files/file/wajirus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvutheapec.com/upload/FCK/file/turirapomafegenubod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/watiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e3765f75aa00a0e96de40eef7d925dd/58275458534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cp-tournament.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/samovitugitigazal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078e4851cef6---8591574906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qianlong99.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96850283517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elnativocoffee.com/silver/upload/files/xowinirotavine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jd6618.com/jd6618/file/2021-8/file/LwpCms2021_08_23_19_48_20_6416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s98od3lf55gg22rlafi82a5dj1/2460336569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=5th+edition+playable+racesPDF 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_off0000ef0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF0B 18304 bytes
SHA-256: f0b9d892b672a7d124208eee7bdf660e0a116816ccb336cf00836be3bf6cc7c1
font_01_sfnt_off00011ec5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EC5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000136dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136DC 10904 bytes
SHA-256: dc2c526a8dbed6e6c354e74c61074685ca8d7743cf300473e9d94336c11eb4f3