Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a1a24774804debfc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 13:30:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 813eac19ca763c8380ca81b361018cc6 SHA-1: 07031aaf700f94782d2e3f8771fbdeb5feb77218 SHA-256: a1a24774804debfcb3ae881b51183248a8f0cf0a9030b679741c572bd1f3a1e3
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's part of a phishing campaign. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports this, indicating an attempt to trick users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e7d89ca62a---pasuvifiko.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://firanywiktoria.pl/uploads/editor/file/dijapozidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1800cd14fe---67638925546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://merrygoldholidays.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72094327445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nada70.org/userfiles/file/dejogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://presssimayeshahr.ir/pic/file/kepujuzuzutezajofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5k92ppl5prjet00vbvrcj55gc2/bigoxikadatavokixabulen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zabradli-znerezu.cz/userfiles/file/14804141619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28037c3dbd41ebe98a474c0bea8dc2d1/sivoforake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608da39ee7466---lipopapepov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afe0a7e4b30---4142071893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://good163.cn/Uploadfiles/files/86951208786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/20216181452242139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lee-trading.tw/archive/upload/files/kanubufevuvifapepule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://araonline.hu/uploads/file/29010020911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c51d1b9a8e1---11163405718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd6fae4676a---91494784234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chpcentre.com/files/file/3977952609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaies.cn/upfiles/2106091318066404934vuxlh.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edanieltour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210617_B4F70F5DF17591B8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursakaynak.com/userfiles/file/zigebudanutet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=free+verb+worksheets+for+grade+3PDF 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_off0000d6b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6B6 10924 bytes
SHA-256: 49130ba6c38b84a6af316de277121a4f7c0e71691adf8033be6984aae20137c4
font_01_sfnt_off0000f01b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF01B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001082d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1082D 16524 bytes
SHA-256: 44300902a35afdfa54b3b4c4be676bfd8cdc9be875c55621924a11eac3c9a260