Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 996d9fe533e60ea5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

105.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 01:54:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 4015206c0b661d1df2d17e9b8715ca3c SHA-1: 88b5eda6941cfa19d9df4796a080b09fcc50df96 SHA-256: 996d9fe533e60ea5b98fa23b6f5c5b8b8a3e113442240e3f9b14476dc4f7e346
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by the ML classifier with high confidence. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The embedded links, such as http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad3faf32819---salofegefasusipedonol.pdf, are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://alburigiott.it/userfiles/files/wosewufopivil.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://0800-707-808.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210809020415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akonis.ch/userfiles/files/novar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proektasis.gr/admin/spaw2/uploads/files/movorefubisatozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d8c3f0c8eb348b475a73f2a03ba6e67/jitebukim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serrechevalier-skifun.com/imagesfile/472745663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d2909971c3---duromoduzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbigas.net/media/files/30224127493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wefocusdesign.com/upload/files/lisimevorebaruxomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://razaviota.ir/basefile/razaviotair/files/rupopedexowejuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/916a50055553b85557b1e7f1b7bc8312/63051195536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rq24fi4u3oe5m9spj0lb6o898j/popukupewawosaxutuzukeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upperdublin1970.com/clients/3/3b/3b2fb281f4756d03d37a29c41a8c1d95/File/dilufune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeywithmypet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11978483504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dataction.org/demo/dataction/media/jujetajuwezedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hd8gt41vssahdepotj4gicil5a/rovogox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad3faf32819---salofegefasusipedonol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://louvre.lv/res/wysiwyg/file/27916208364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c70a497f22d---69700616760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c404e4b552f---20917446277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psychologyforeverybody.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tubevediton.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.heksan.com.pl/file/jejuwewobote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soltendance.com/stockages/files/lufolubamopivojanog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=simplify+square+root+of+294PDF 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_off00013031.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13031 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00014848.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14848 11216 bytes
SHA-256: 86211a5cc45d425faacd9b3bb4495401c5bb102335d87d1216109cf8db65a458
font_02_sfnt_off000162b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x162B1 20044 bytes
SHA-256: 352b4904a636fe1c4d4cc57a8b327d011ebb843b52be9164ad46ec13465df996