Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a1a48a65afd4e04b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-18 06:54:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 8d922e0a68e3d77618d6dfbad3f04a50 SHA-1: 1b46d62bf7559c8f9cf795ec91ac0cbddf7021f7 SHA-256: a1a48a65afd4e04b1a8885ed9312f1c2a9857c9d47471dd6fc26045acf2c0621
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of algorithmically generated URLs and link farms on disposable hosting further supports a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614002e63abbf---jenev.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://volpatoebrum.com.br/_common/admin/scripts/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15728683409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vallovin.it/userfiles/files/96975384365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lasfyy.com/uploadfile/file/20210912171807258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137aba35a604---23349312755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133d8d3c6e31---jozuzotafaxajofuxixil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwpetersburg.com/uploads/files/nakulevakogisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f69b3986c9---wejozawamakune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://childrencareandliteracysociety.org/userfiles/files/50508710641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artecgroupservices.com/imagenes/file/luwunizupopevavivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canadanur.com/resimler/files/37209737526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----gtbercbfedtm3b.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vawitarajobevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersonassoc.com/emailimages/file/87121019092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ks-system.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/migudokubotudaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solis.altrodesign.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/romakovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giaydantuongphongkhach.net/images/news/file/74269046166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valve-toho.com/userfiles/file/xikedomelofilasiteja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613df1477ecb8---22083687981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taechoclub.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210918_559B125D00BCF60A.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ms01bet.net/contents/files/vumomebevapepokumivatukox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trustycctv.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/parejixupijosoxoweke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bipalisdemo.dashindonesia.com/userfiles/files/duludonewomix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+read+epub+on+androidPDF 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_off0000de66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE66 17436 bytes
SHA-256: 18b9390b762faeb98e6b3cf5c86478c65e89f42aee8e9b191cb4f861dff09a96
font_01_sfnt_off00010b9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B9A 10488 bytes
SHA-256: 45e86c69b00eb7db5b195ad73de43d72bb966770bf0508bef209e7ce307b637f
font_02_sfnt_off00012345.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12345 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1