Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a2975fc93f8a3072…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.2 KB Created: 2021-08-05 05:32:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: d7a6873e3ba5598dfa4d7a9a004041d6 SHA-1: ac42f65cbc4596699141f7ee0bd59284194f2d87 SHA-256: a2975fc93f8a3072c99cdd493144d6580215039ed8bd0b9f8402ec47b48f0a19
194 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The heuristic firings indicate a link farm strategy, with many distinct hosts and disposable hosting used to obscure the true origin of the malicious content. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports the malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7431

Heuristics 6

  • 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
  • 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://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b46060138c---48632708046.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39cef7ec3d7eca2fc10a11055f71b3e1/saxuvekok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082dfc34dbb8---xajoruzinezirawojomulutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160810bc1240dc.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ee16260ee3---66331409008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waypl.pl/upload/File/sitejozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--2vxr09c6mc.tw/CKEdit/upload/files/16091467119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://howardsteeves.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e42340b63c188ccb2f3e7ab94ce5592/48024312366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/015314034f325e60237f1472bc03a5eb/taroxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdad11379a4---23657123442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weingut-suppan.at/files/85211450927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brukbet.com/user_images/file/72413780359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerdallas.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b1bce7e9d3575c2c7e2ff7032e015be/16714307767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/58335323050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosiciliani.eu/userfiles/files/dizejeser.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jentretiens.ch/uploadimage/fibovolobufuruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legacyltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05321dae92b109c97620769f126771f6/36672449268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094da199ac1b---16760618484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fteq.ru/files/file/29174340478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.masismarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e24117878d3416f849384cc44bbc782/nujizosapov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16107c22c92acf---sevepar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29fqmglapmh6a3sbmf2dt6spu3/93213778111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2r02qaalo108bdgi47bhbi26e8/saratitejufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90733c5b4b622a39d3efa6c036c77957/fuloj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=movie+play+box+update+apkPDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f8df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8DF 10620 bytes
SHA-256: 08a1cf708e2e684097ac774fd7d60db36df33c2f813decef2a1b4ac0d52b5ab0
font_01_sfnt_off00011114.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11114 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1