Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5931b87712f4b921…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.4 KB Created: 2021-09-08 04:22:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: d3f07c9e031f09e9b6550db9cc03b3f4 SHA-1: cffbdcf8f000fed07cdea39fd36b530f3a0e5e7b SHA-256: 5931b87712f4b921af53032dd7fb49f25a4795e5792f06857323231c4887f5d2
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, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of embedded URLs and the PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK heuristic further support the attack pattern of directing users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09c65c306060d5310120c258b517cf3c/28992195699.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hgbs.de/userfiles/file/53350455401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b7aad70427---risewelap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2aa9da1c5aa3068c8f82f4f8fe52eec/57372695224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matras-devison.com/upload/file/genezinilikokijuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidarepavimentimarmogenovaealessandria.it/userfiles/files/34127633953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd4990eb3bc---wojoregukobetixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinasoftcore.com/userfiles/file///631996884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab7617d8657---45151866728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1h1ldseetff6eu6l9lmo7ti2il/66178067322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a25b18f11192e41eda9758f348f33343/69452354858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharjahcements.com/images/bulk_images/files/77068068998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilit.ir/basefile/digilitir/files/bazifejovul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afd3dfeb1c4---bogumetapufigegosif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dienlanhtruongson.com/upload/files/bepuwopubovavobudalafefok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenue102.com/uploads/file/kifevibitaxisafenevevupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xpressup.com/userfiles/file/58845930904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a7830a33ff---dazifemujemewep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nrlandscapes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eefa4ec911c3c311e503a5a8ef176383/79221381038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wawabed.pl/uploads/userfiles/file/44978803894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://446888.top/userfiles/file/23533176224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vhimv1vfe3pqcvf23asbgaclj2/merikiperupad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anvlaw.com/userfiles/file/91156143927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chanakyaaerospacedefence.com/userfiles/file/lonefiwegeres.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdds.be/userfiles/file/zetujoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=interior+design+magazine+pdf+2016PDF 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_off0000c37e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC37E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000db90.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB90 17720 bytes
SHA-256: 356f4d6dec2547faf3dc3f2559341a6cc47e1944f567462c345c643cecd0e700
font_02_sfnt_off00010a0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A0F 11268 bytes
SHA-256: 97276cec9de795ba68e028471fc328e68fc56995dc736ca2934be00fbedb240a