Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 941a16e82598103c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.4 KB Created: 2021-09-23 18:24:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 4f99f39d3bba8eecbbcbd3ff6baea313 SHA-1: 8c5531dd2d1fbefd3835abb456a07319d5dc0ad6 SHA-256: 941a16e82598103cd1633a046a857f5cbf3ca9e2e059e8bd53ed60767b56f38b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a malicious PDF detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, likely intended to host and distribute further malicious payloads. The PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK heuristic indicates a link to an algorithmically generated URL, suggesting an attempt to evade detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145c96ad8211---20084767177.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tahuacoop.com/cms_gpadmin2015/sgi_userfiles/userfiles/files/47834712929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madonnina.info/userfiles/files/ruvoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ardiinerkh.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/85010672300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlxzkj.com/uploads/file/210003569490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahzycw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-2/20210902074710805174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614bac4117e82---12660712098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hk-bbc.com/upload/file/44689932081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cargobull.cz/res/file/jotefisoralatobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0dbd18d16643c9914c9911b1340ea13b/xunuduwogofikaguzix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hawaii-resort.info/images/blog/file/veximibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suliaox.com/v15/Upload/file/20219222237404452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://novitas.ro/files/49400114979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140a265475a4---35443855396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoangvan.vn/wp-content/uploads/files/71643614858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://babetravelling.com/ckfinder/userfiles2/files/79023338255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuwangnam.com/user_file/file/talameponaxupon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134bca7ae87c---47697785941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614ae2f9beaa3---33440776819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shangyi-pump.com/uploads/file/081111135204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cmfnepal.org/userfiles/files/wusuwepuzuvipevigefen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huynhgiabaohotel.com/uploads/FCK/file/xuxag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tienhasteel.com/app/webroot/upload/files/kiziwelezuvopesome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dorapeyzaj.com/userfiles/file/3278648963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilghirlandaio.it/userfiles/files/piliw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sartoriaventurini.com/userfiles/files/91853540773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=mobile+legends+mod+android+1PDF 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_off0000cdcf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDCF 17608 bytes
SHA-256: cd2cc10c51b5df3c98a86477b592f6e9f0dcfe00c39dcffdf8c999270bc45b34
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB54 10680 bytes
SHA-256: 3a29fc4a461d656ee5fe979ff7ef0a89c42174990a2f70f6c22d99bb79354a05
font_02_sfnt_off0001138f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1138F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1