Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 616dfe03b718adb5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-06-28 16:20:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 8deb80785f996399a067d0c514b4a040 SHA-1: 73f9bd60297ae99f74a7ad639269b09ddbc925b9 SHA-256: 616dfe03b718adb536757bf303464c57958178fc956bd2ccd9d3992e92a20a5f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. The primary malicious URL identified is http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096a2364c6b4---72305518441.pdf. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings suggest it is designed to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://etre-cheval.fr/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/etre%20cheval/news_pix/file/susiturujo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c471da767d88aaff4b622fe568cd5a43/rojefanapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fittbike.hu/files/file/tofoboxaxutaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgdivorcelawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/236672c158655b372398155c1ab13966/13462651108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kusadasidentalclinic.com/img/userfiles/files/40765136631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094c30e2360c---16148493940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehigh86.com/clients/13680/File/jonaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae0b30ce9f6---wuraruduvafejemimozefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8iiudpluch3r9q17vc5d39n451/34350663334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dajuicebarus.com/uploads/files/rutufogefeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cfh2.com/clients/d/d2/d2a7b52150a7a947468b52e9b7560e3c/File/55809072098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4ac5392a88---gogoxetozofunenabovenuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atallmed.com/userfiles/files/31841947870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amoy-art.com/Upload/file/65779833208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wegofa.com/userfiles/file/gudanalujitunevanafojejez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drvishweshwari.in/userfiles/file/70582287755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl-light.ru/design/img/upload/file/48527286455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b54cd7c3779---wawutepodomor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a147703fadc2bc5ec21936e984e385e8/28458660830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096a2364c6b4---72305518441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5637bd8c4e---jefubujudijukobasumokaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95fp37rk2gt617k3q2avv3igk3/buwolet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160942c51f32b4---89974569273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://supermarketdv.ru/files/file/renunekevof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vector-luczak.pl/new/fck_user_files/file/wezokanuzebebumikuradut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=statistical+inference+book+pdfPDF 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_off0000d666.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD666 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE7D 10920 bytes
SHA-256: 69e7e7afbd669dc52a111c2af4ec9450de681c4098fef4e2e9ac19d4d34d54ec
font_02_sfnt_off0001079b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1079B 17224 bytes
SHA-256: ff00357a5f0011c40ce2243cdb47349d808cbb26ccb2fe5b6236442ea69861ea