Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 767c458770590b14…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 18:58:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: be8caf0524d8b0f32916f9aeb14839a3 SHA-1: d15e51c488e8bf94c9706924e4958e7441f9f522 SHA-256: 767c458770590b14881b6bf5b037486308ad20603cae0a66d37f8437ddc46831
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting. These links likely serve as a link farm to direct users to malicious PDF payloads, as indicated by the ClamAV detection and ML classifier. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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://atamergranit.com/userfiles/file/47582518502.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ambient-interier.cz/files/files/81692550660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lejonhund.com/upload/79584456659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stainless-faucet.com/uploads/htmlupload/files/83859302819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075f696e0cb5---5808167732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomaszskiba.com/userfiles/file/keweridizuwuxapir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac0899a771e---vinudurerutemujizaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzdsbg.com/uploadfile/1626098513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mkbeauty.vn/luutru/files/xazivopaxexalebofemisurop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hjjf6b4ccbekhk9e1tsjdthnfo/mupopatejowapifibotig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c304784267b---vobufisikonakoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096889512534---ralodabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kclandscapes.com/ckfinder/triplebuserfiles/file/60038304306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://copy2d.com/ftp/image/file/mafaboz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loicadesacavem.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9c1db50bdc---jikogoxaritugigadegov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9f8f265577---ripere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oopbsmjumpn1r4jscqruod8brq/6796987155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artechq8.com/beta/uploads/files/badisobaviludig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://people11people.com/uploads/File/mediwixajajomekibibitixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariobubiniregini.eu/userfiles/files/xudafedulifejofutes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzwigipoznan.pl/userfiles/file/rudiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=light+pdf+reader+appPDF 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_off0000f1f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1F9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010a0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A0B 18212 bytes
SHA-256: 1de2f371c870dbc9832bafb1b8f4c91788766b4293f83a19c6406a84ed3a093a
font_02_sfnt_off000139d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139D0 10296 bytes
SHA-256: 45763b0aec48a466ff3bb6bf8c491149f3b36d78e9f7f6124979efdb1eab0eb2