Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a1613c1d9db1e512…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.3 KB Created: 2021-09-06 07:17:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 44bd4a66b3e4df1dfd53d590a460d2f2 SHA-1: 499570a2e43e0ada8f51e58c263f52c4055a7d5e SHA-256: a1613c1d9db1e512d8f912980e8e099b5ec747f808d2db7f08098076ee6f99ec
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristic firings point towards an attack pattern involving directing users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=handbook+of+proteins+structure+function+and+methods+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://energy-labels.com/userfiles/file/5670322004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c976a60ed4---67053295707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tvmreza.tv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bokeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baae99d0fe4---79103085030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://melz-feu.ru/upload/31254889053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611a73f9cb22c---90138436110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f25e93e0481---vifemupexurogezof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b252827439911b35d245e3b71dc4b1ab/99946402861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomedicoveterinariobellucci.eu/userfiles/files/71585731574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhitienvuong.com/uploads/files/rabenorameresiwaserug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076ce653d108---vemerikutotajadezifatow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roweryelectra.pl/app/webroot/uploads/file/16230678719927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f90762969f01e0bde3e8535d1126d76/reledurezaxovalulemuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smn69.com/clients/866038/File/tusonazowigolunid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160830b9ca5267---kimusudide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.almansori-ye.com/almansorifiles/files/16488621880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a78fd19a5a8---51766265329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://covinahigh1980.com/clients/1/14/147ee80f0cf2e08ca1b5067d21485a43/File/nekibobiwenulasevava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elma1.ru/!upload/files/dutidenuwolodala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldenpeak.it/userfiles/files/totixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rspon.pl/images/wyswig_images/file/12499650757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobile-translator.eu/app/webroot/media/files/17521067743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiichibus.vn/uploads/news_file/xefitafibuwutujagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3c8eebacbfa66ba4b694ea9466e618e/lobagujanaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oryginalnedekoracje.pl/userfiles/file/kogafarumatuvebozewali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b536.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB536 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cd48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD48 15628 bytes
SHA-256: a84dbba9919d6982d38732b547f12496e4adee47418d84e35923c9f79418356e
font_02_sfnt_off0000f518.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF518 11164 bytes
SHA-256: fd8d184af1b5a03254f6cc852b7bf18a8f8f811e86b7fb1d2c008fdfdaf1636c