Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 95dd145356b5f713…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.8 KB Created: 2021-07-16 07:21:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: ce775953e24268dee6edc11c39962bc9 SHA-1: 5fc8b96681fbb437499b87226ed8e1eaef28800c SHA-256: 95dd145356b5f713867e457e8a8c37bd15161c169b3b2673204678d933232196
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute further malicious content. The presence of external URIs and PDF link farms points towards a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6bccc1bba5---nutugefinumowabuboxogiw.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a292f0a0c1f88c3ed38392a60c82e67/40912158274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8d61aca640---jugal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1gtsjutjg3hsmanp53oagc21u3/61351141145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160817f82b5ea4---32320231729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kickcommerce.com/userfiles/file/90068145943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scavilecis.it/userfiles/file/28578000214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d43ac894ca---53061325876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608734e847255---14905331962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dui-antidote.com/images/userfiles/file/71958194975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ddd12c9944---judupubewogejamufoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a379d66c1da---51547708505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4hidrmrb04e2j3osqle1u824po/48340423182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c94962d1af8---runowagetanaxisavemalulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d297a8597c---59515216731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecafephuket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o3lprhsmqaul5v0li2g3ch7ada/7796080765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dogathermalhotel.com/resimler/files/voturaxowovug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bogelaipigeon.com/upload/file/fasefareluwumewop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidareemantenerepavimentifaidate.it/userfiles/files/zoluku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tangelo.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d1fa269949---60344956944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6o0lauo866eke5ch0669l5qn84/18715977749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.clubmanizales.com.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081e46d9858c---67785751500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yssnewlessons.org/UserFilesTwo/file/xinezewigejobed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautyyaurient.com/editor_upload/file/tovop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=princess+and+the+frog+watch+freePDF 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_off0000c3c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC3C0 16076 bytes
SHA-256: 46d92cc6fa7b5b93c5c26b94366dad7ddfc899f3cebb4497524f493262d82555
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED65 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001057c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1057C 10796 bytes
SHA-256: ee80019981d9386f51ca3a423cd1d826a23934e065736251d075b4a0bdbb2e2b