Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 578949d7b5b30f02…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-09-08 09:45:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 34f36995566c4bbb6dabb9bd728b73e3 SHA-1: 1aac3113f211ff88abe27b1202ba74ccf653884d SHA-256: 578949d7b5b30f022c4cc0ea379d7563c50d3ee15228ac057bb78b5501d52087
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of embedded URLs and link farms points towards an effort to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b855e1009f6dec41fdb657faa87d9ac/56214183763.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ffb0c997cfb---sawiromixavenufawuzide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.polni.si/Images/files/kuxogegod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ca573c13f5---71364690725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jullien38.com/ressource/site-image/files/kidofimitawufavabag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/budo412i7vrr4kldfndbrtbema/23276298752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cff8fedcdce---80991220295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fc7650088d4---68930972795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beribuket.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0964bccb80a9a80f7713aa5d76d37d6/10879993711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jessie.vn/images/ckeditor/files/fusuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timnhanhonline.net/upload/files/15323368375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3qlohas.com/CKEdit/upload/files/59062731623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lecieldesandes.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70685467420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://residenceraffaellotorino.com/userfiles/files/vavasumezunimubidar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://humidorio.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zedazuwebejutexaxuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dj-venci.com/uploads/pages/files/ramujivedafesero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://projetounificado.com/uploads/files/51073651629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accronline.com/userfiles/file/15464262693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieompaysdebray.fr/lesiom/txt/imgadmin/file/73020280926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliceinformaticasrl.com/user/pages/fiwajuvujezuwurupiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldendoodlesofthesierranevadas.com/userfiles/file/19483547312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nesemlak.com/test/images/uploads/files/zawurem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iphysiology.ru/upload/mikekamalaronipaxitewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://begili.com/uploads/image/files/fobaniboxiromevipidukej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vmkmsz.hu/userfiles/file/79143907507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=free+reading+comprehension+worksheets+3rd+gradePDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098b40548b79---ludulimogojovizil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e84c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE84C 17908 bytes
SHA-256: b95de62e594eb534d5fc5730d466b5878993feacc0c66e519ce119b8082b52ba
font_01_sfnt_off0001167d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1167D 11244 bytes
SHA-256: 4e1abbbe68203efaa9ab9c2a3fbd6a7176373a4dd91a93eb5828797b7fbfe860
font_02_sfnt_off00013086.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13086 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1